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Perriams' success is built on forging personal relationships with our clients. Simply put, the more we invest in understanding you, your family and your business, the more valuable the insight we can offer.
When a website doesn't include "last updated" on it's content, it begs the question "did it happen today, yesterday or 10 years ago?!" Well Perriam & Partners is about today and tomorrow.
CHRISTMAS CLOSING DATES
Please note that our offices will be closed from Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 3pm and will re-open on Wednesday 14 January 2026 at 8am.
We will however have a skeleton staff on from Wednesday 7 January 2026 in the event of any urgent matters that may need attending to
PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS - 12 January 2026
Each week we announce Perriams “Game Changers” for the week.
- Whanganui shearer Simon Goss has claimed the ultimate shearing record — 732 ewes in nine hours, averaging 44 seconds per sheep. Outstanding.
- The $47-million-dollar man: teenage darts phenom Luke Littler signed a sponsorship deal with British company Target Darts. Nice and with a pint or two!
- The FA cup delivered a fairytale result in the weekend when sixth-tier Macclesfield knocked out title holders Crystal Palace in one of the competitions greatest upsets.
THE PACESETTER - 12 January 2026
OPINION
Is your debt weighing you down? If the past 12 months have been tough, you might have been relying on credit cards and other loans more than you normally would, so now’s the time to get a plan together for the new year ahead and help shake it off. First, start with what your discretionary spend is, and what’s by no means necessary.
GEM
Great to see the huge demand that the new Christchurch supermarket Kai Co achieved in its first week of opening. They had only budgeted for 40% of what they actually achieved in sales. Great news!
SPORTIFY
England were beaten convincingly 4-1 by Australia so is this the death of Bazball?
TOPICAL
Trump’s plan for a US-led revival of Venezuela’s beleaguered oil industry could be years long and a financially challenging process for the Trump administration. Years of corruption have apparently left their oil industry in tatters.
Sir Tim Shadbolt, whether you liked him or disliked him, he was a New Zealand icon, with six decades of colourful public office candidacies. Did you know that during his protest days he was arrested 42 times?!
SPOTLIGHT
Has to be the heatwave and wild weather that hit parts of New Zealand over the last week, in particular the weekend. Depending on where you were, there was still rain and winds, lots of it, so it’s a no to global warming, but a big fat yes to climate change.
OF INTEREST
Stats NZ’s latest data on alcohol consumption for the year to September found that while Kiwis are drinking almost the same amount of beer overall, low and no-alcohol beverages are very much on the rise. Low-carb beers are the future.
Residential property is now criminals’ and gangs’ most popular way to hide their cash “location-location-location”!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
When a flag change was proposed by former Prime Minister John Key, it was rejected. Now there has been some debate about a name change to Aotearoa. Where would you stand on this?
THE MARKETS
Cheaper power plans are now on their way, and with all power companies now having to share more accurate data under the new protocol put in place by the government, expectations are that each household may be able to save up to $360 per annum. 😊
OCR 2.25% ↓ November 2025
CPI 2.7% ↑ June 2025
Unemployment 5.2% ↑ June 2025
House Price Movement 2.3% ↑ July 2024
Rent Price Movement 4.3% ↑ July 2024
