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"No sugarcoating": Tough messages for the Govt in the latest Mood of the Boardroom survey

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Sept 2025, 9:05am
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Photo / Dean Purcell

"No sugarcoating": Tough messages for the Govt in the latest Mood of the Boardroom survey

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 24 Sept 2025, 9:05am

Business leaders aren’t sugarcoating their messages for the Government.  

The Herald's annual Mood of the Boardroom survey shows business leaders are less optimistic about the economy than they were a year ago. 

Only a third of respondents back the Government's current growth agenda. 

Forsyth Barr Managing Director Neil Paviour-Smith told Mike Hosking concerns are being expressed about the need to tackle the difficult problems and long-term issues. 

He says there’s a need for the Government to be much clearer around the plan to tackle things like infrastructure, long-term savings, and the Crown’s fiscal position, which acts as a ball and chain around the economy. 

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