Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declared 2025 “the year of growth”, making economic expansion his Government‘s top priority.

This ambition is laudable and the Government has initiated many important reforms that will help. Changes to education, liberalising foreign investment rules and reforming resource management legislation all aim to enhance our economic performance. These reforms deserve support and, in time, should yield benefits.

Yet despite this promising agenda, our economy remains sluggish.

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