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Hugovision

Hugovision contains in-depth analysis of political, economic, regulatory, legislative and commercial trends in New Zealand and globally, drawing on the expertise in the Hugo Panel. Hugovision is published fortnightly on a Friday.

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  • HVxtra Election special / Little resigns

  • August 01

  • 136k
  • Pot, welfare reform and the appeal to non-voters / Labour: substance but lacking cut-through / What if TOP tops 5% / NZ First’s iron discipline slips / Inflation disappears - again / FBU faces a big uphill task / Wood chip supply in focus

  • July 21

  • 272k
  • NZ First’s positioning – will Shane Jones help? / Would Winston partner with anyone? / Ruataniwha knockback a defining electoral issue / Govt lukewarm on more freedom for local govt / Petrol politics / Simplicity as activist shareholder / Be alert for more ransomware on the way

  • July 07

  • 315k
  • English risks looking weak, isolated / Labour – doing better, still attacking weakly / Petrol price inquiry findings due / Dry winter pushing power prices / MBIE gets an acting ceo / RBNZ seeks new governor as OCR remains unchanged / US-China dairy deal taking shape

  • June 23

  • 709k
  • Budget medicine working for National? / Jones delayed again / Infrastructure funding – plenty of tension / Water allocation recommendations by Xmas / Message from Washington / The Greens and Labour – strained but not terminal / Xero’s first decade

  • June 09

  • 252k
  • An election-winning Budget? / Why the govt ignored corporate tax / Spending the lot / Port politics / State-owned NZ media well-positioned? / Upward pressure on power prices makes a rare showing

  • May 26

  • 277k
  • Concern for resilience underpins new debt target / RBNZ’s surprisingly neutral stance / Swimming against the political tide / Labour struggling – Willie Jackson isn’t helping / Australia’s anti-bank, anti-foreigner Budget / What is Vector up to? / Media sector disruption

  • May 12

  • 317k
  • Huge Crown capex jump over next 4 years / Amy Adams’s task – accelerate social housing reform / Labour: trying hard, still struggling / TPP: the trade deal that would not die / Hard questions for the Electricity Authority / Jones edges closer to NZ First candidacy / Mixed signals from US on Paris climate pact

  • April 28

  • 281k
  • Labour – an autumnal spring in the step / The Budget – all the more critical / UFB model for local govt infrastructure / That UN vote – McCully acted alone / The RMA – not dead yet? / An optimistic mood persists / Those water reforms

  • April 13

  • 946k
  • RMA replacement looks certain, whoever wins / First show of nerves on English / FMA looks again at non-GAAP profit measures / Issues of substance in battle for the Maori vote / Auckland light-rail decision a test for funding reform? / NZers ‘get’ free trade, right? Maybe / NZ dodges China’s extradition treaty wishes, for now

  • March 31

  • 276k