Risk is a four-letter word in NZ: New Zealand Inc's fear of failure

Risk is a four-letter word in NZ: New Zealand Inc's fear of failure
Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis on a recent visit to Fisher and Paykel healthcare. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
After spending the past two years talking a lot about getting New Zealand back on track, the Government has realised in doing so, it forgot to mention the track needs to be a growth one.Now it's making up for lost time, rolling out economy-related announcements – no matter how tenuously linked they may be to long-term economic growth.But if the Government is serious about growth, it must, at the very least, lead a conversation about something NZ is not very good at talking about: risk.Culturally, NZ is too risk-averse. The Govern...

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