"I've got Hong Kong on the phone. They want to buy this prime real estate.” So went the auctioneer's patter at last Thursday's auction of a brace of residential properties in Auckland, New Zealand. My [...]

Chinese GDP growth is falling back to around 7-7.5% a year, which sounds to the rest of the world like a good problem to have. However, for the Chinese entrepreneurs and Western businesspeople trying to [...]

Aug 1, 2013 Photo / Thinkstock "What is 'wealthy'?" asks UBS US in the title of its 3Q (or as we would say, Q3) 2013 'Investor Watch' newsletter. And the answer, according to UBS' survey [...]

Aug 1, 2013 Picturesque landscapes attracted 47 per cent of people when planning their next holiday. A major global tourism survey shows visitors to New Zealand intend spending 50 per cent more per person Visa's [...]

Aug 1, 2013  The business recently has grown confidence.  It climbs to 14 year high! Construction firms are most upbeat, according to the latest business confidence survey. Photo / NZ Herald Business confidence, which has [...]

Jul 31, 2013 At present, New Zealand pays a 45 per cent tariff on exports of kiwifruit to South Korea. Photo / Alan Gibson Smart political footwork by Prime Minister John Key has put the [...]