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Showing posts with label Overseas Investment (Amendment) Bill. Show all posts
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Monday, July 28, 2025

Dr Bryce Wilkinson: Attracting overseas investment - A step forward, but not far enough


The government’s Overseas Investment (Amendment) Bill is more good than bad. It is more welcoming of incoming overseas investment.

That is good for several reasons. First, billions of dollars need to be invested in infrastructure. Second, New Zealanders need higher wage rates, but that requires higher labour productivity. Productivity could be higher if it were easier for firms to invest more capital per worker. Third, overseas investment can bring know-how, access to overseas markets and proprietary technologies