Editor’s note – 2024 in review

Miles Hurrell was chief executive of the year. (Image: NZME)

Wed, 01 Jan 2025

By many accounts, 2024 is a year many business folk might want to forget. There were few bright spots in a declining economic environment, with the country starting the year having officially been in recession in the December 2023 quarter. In the first February earnings season, our reporters searched for positive sentiment, during a period of weak consumer demand and high interest rates. Our most written-about company – Fletcher Building – said on February 14 that its then-chief executive Ross Taylor and chair Bruce...

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