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Fifty-five in-depth stories on how New Zealand business works: co-operatives, gentailers, iwi investors, founders and exporters, organised in eleven pillars.
- 55 guides
- 11 subtopics
- Updated Oct 4, 2026
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Chorus: How Structural Separation Built New Zealand’s Regulated Fibre Utility
Split from Telecom to build fibre, Chorus now lives on a regulated asset base and the death of copper.
Spark New Zealand: How a Telecom Monopoly Became a Shrinking Telco
The former Telecom monopoly is selling towers and data centres to defend a business that no longer grows.
New Zealand’s Infrastructure Deficit: Why PPPs and Foreign Capital Are Back
New Zealand spends plenty on infrastructure and gets too little for it. Its answer is a 30-year plan, private finance and foreign builders.
Port of Tauranga: How a Regional Harbour Became New Zealand’s Main Gateway
Tauranga beat Auckland by dredging deeper, building an inland port in its rival’s backyard and listing on the stock exchange.
Mainfreight: How a One-Truck Firm Exported a New Zealand Logistics Culture
Mainfreight has no private offices, promotes from within and plans for a century. Its American business is testing how far that travels.
Infratil: How Lloyd Morrison’s Listed Fund Became a Bet on Data Centres
A Wellington fund that once owned buses and petrol stations now derives most of its value from data centres built for governments and AI.
Fletcher Building: How a Century-Old Conglomerate Shrank Itself to Survive
New Zealand’s biggest building company spent a decade losing money on other people’s buildings. Now it only wants to sell the materials.
New Zealand Tourism After Covid: Why Recovery Took Seven Years and Who Pays
Visitor arrivals are finally near 2019 levels. The argument now is who pays for the roads, pipes and tracks they use.
SkyCity Entertainment: How a Casino Monopoly Ran Into Compliance, Fire and Debt
An exclusive casino licence should be a licence to print money. SkyCity shows how compliance, fire and debt can change that.
Tourism Holdings (thl): How a Helicopter Firm Became the World’s Campervan Giant
From helicopters to 8,500 campervans: how thl built a global rental fleet and attracted two takeover bids.
Auckland Airport: How a Lightly Regulated Monopoly Funds a NZ$6.6bn Rebuild
New Zealand’s gateway is a listed monopoly spending billions on a new terminal while airlines contest the bill.