New Zealand investment: Shortage of investment projects and talent holds back growth

New Zealand Herald · Tim McCready · 2026-10-31 02:00 UTC

Just 32.5% of surveyed directors say their investment appetite has grown.

Asked how their company’s appetite for investment in New Zealand compared with 12 months ago, a third (32.5%) of respondents to this year’s Mood of the Boardroom survey say it is greater, including 5.5% who say it is much greater. More than half (55.5%) say it

New Zealand investment: Shortage of investment projects and talent holds back growth

Robert Wall, chief executive of the year-old autonomous Crown entity Invest New Zealand, says genuine offshore interest is coming through in renewable energy, digital infrastructure and technology-led opportunities where New Zealand has a clear competitive advantage and international investment can unlock growth.

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