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It’s time to up our win rate for infrastructure
Insight It’s time to up our win rate for infrastructure
When it comes to sport, New Zealand tends to punch above its weight on the world stage. But, what’s our win rate on infrastructure projects? Infrastructure is the backbone of our entire economy, yet we underperform on delivering and maintaining our most essential facilities and systems.
Tania Bailey
Tania Bailey
| 7 min read | 16 Sep 2025
Can civil construction escape the boom-and-bust cycle?
Insight Can civil construction escape the boom-and-bust cycle?
The civil construction industry has been hammered over the past two years. How can business owners escape this trap?
Matt Thomson
Matt Thomson
| 7 min read | 02 Sep 2025
Is this the ideal time to buy a commercial property?
Insight Is this the ideal time to buy a commercial property?
Considering buying a commercial property in the next two years? By getting your ducks in a row early, you could save yourself hundreds of thousands of dollars. That was the message from the experts who spoke at a recent panel event, hosted by ANZ in Christchurch.
Dan Lowe
Matt Hannah
| 7 min read | 26 Aug 2025
Budget 2025
INSIGHT Budget 2025
Our tax and industry experts have cut through the noise to focus on the most significant announcements in Budget 2025, and reveal what they mean for your business.
Denise Paterson
Sam O'Connor
Pam Newlove
Dan Lowe
Greg Thompson
Kerry Price
| 10 min read | 27 May 2025
Is your construction business prepared for cyber risks?
insight Is your construction business prepared for cyber risks?
Only 5% of businesses have cyber insurance, even though everyone is at risk of a cyberattack – and the cost of an incident can sink your entire organisation.
Dan Lowe
Raj Tiwari
| 6 min read | 08 Apr 2025
Beyond a political tug-of-war for NZ’s property and construction sector
Insight Beyond a political tug-of-war for NZ’s property and construction sector
Dan Lowe says uncertainty is the enemy of confidence and investment and that when it comes to property and construction, continuous tinkering with tax settings has made the sector an easy target.
Dan Lowe
Dan Lowe
| 2 min read | 30 May 2024
Beyond annual budgets: Time to kick the infrastructure political football into touch
Insight Beyond annual budgets: Time to kick the infrastructure political football into touch
Major public sector agencies have been instrumental in driving lasting benefit through strategic procurement and broader outcomes. Think hydro dams, railways and hospitals built by the previous generation. This approach has lifted the quality and resilience of public services, the capability of a range of suppliers and also set a precedent for addressing the burgeoning issue of infrastructure technical debt.
8 min read | 28 May 2024
GST decision time for Airbnb property managers: Are you in or are you out?
Insight GST decision time for Airbnb property managers: Are you in or are you out?
There’s new GST legislation in place for online marketplaces, which includes short-term accommodation platforms like Airbnb, ride-sharing platforms like Uber and delivery services like Uber Eats. These online platforms must now collect 15% GST and return it to Inland Revenue. This ‘app tax’ came into effect on 1 April 2024, and it’s already having an impact on the market.
Matt Hannah
Matt Hannah
| 20 min read | 11 Apr 2024
Budget 2023: Sustainable construction choices should be rewarded
Insight Budget 2023: Sustainable construction choices should be rewarded
In the lead up to last year’s Budget, we wrote about a build-to-rent asset class to incentivise the construction of long-term rentals – and it actually happened. So while we’re on a roll, for Budget 2023 we’re going to be even more ambitious.
Dan Lowe
Dan Lowe
| 4 min read | 16 May 2023
Construction businesses: Are you ready for changes to the Retention Money regime?
INSIGHT Construction businesses: Are you ready for changes to the Retention Money regime?
Changes are coming to the way retention money is held in the form of The Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill (the Bill).
Adele Hicks
Adele Hicks
| 5 min read | 20 Apr 2023
Mental health: A major risk factor in the construction industry
INSIGHT Mental health: A major risk factor in the construction industry
Naturally, the construction sector is hyper-aware of health and safety – they pride themselves on it. But now is the time the sector must start focussing on mental health. There’s increasing evidence of the mental health challenges being faced by construction workers; the statistics are alarming from a human wellbeing point of view, and lives are being put at risk.
Tania Bailey
Tania Bailey
| 6 min read | 18 Apr 2023
It's time to build future-focused towns and cities
Insight It's time to build future-focused towns and cities
Some massive opportunities left in the wake of NZ's most recent natural disasters.
Dan Lowe
Dan Lowe
| 3 min read | 15 Feb 2023
Building consents: Councils shouldn’t be the last man standing between quality & progress
Insight Building consents: Councils shouldn’t be the last man standing between quality & progress
Building consents: Councils shouldn’t be the last man standing between quality and progress
24 Aug 2022
Budget 2023
Insight Budget 2023
Our industry experts share what they’d like to see delivered in Budget 2023. What are the major economic roadblocks and prospects for some of New Zealand’s key sectors? How will the Government navigate the tax tight rope? Read on to discover where the opportunities lie in this year’s announcement to instigate meaningful transformation.
06 May 2022
Five ways we can tackle exorbitant construction costs
Insight Five ways we can tackle exorbitant construction costs
Construction plays a big part in an economy, being one of the biggest in our industries but it's broken. With rising prices of material costs, inflation, and shortages, we have five ways to tackle exorbitant construction costs.
22 Mar 2022
How property & construction businesses can weather this latest storm
Insight How property & construction businesses can weather this latest storm
Businesses will continue to experience persistent material and wage price inflation as they have over the past two years, ongoing supply frustrations set against the current backdrop of tightening monetary policy, rising interest rates, the cooling of property prices, and access to credit. Read more to find out how to protect your business on new projects and weather the current storm.
22 Mar 2022
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