Feedback from businesses to Treasury officials paints a flat picture of the economy.
Core retail sales in the December quarter showed the largest rise since 1995.
A record 21 corporate jets landed at Auckland Airport on the day of the All Blacks v France Rugby World Cup final.
Nearly nine in ten 18+ New Zealanders watched at least some of this year’s Rugby World Cup.
Latest retail sales figures have come out at double the average market forecast and show the largest quarterly rise since December 2006, at the height of the mid-decade debt binge.