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PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS - 23 FEBRUARY 2026
Each week we announce Perriams “Game Changers” for the week.
- Athletic sprinter Tommy Te Puni etched his name into the national record books by breaking the New Zealand 200 metres record, running 20.35. Anyone who breaks a national record deserves a shout-out.
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott took two silver medals at the Winter Olympics, but how gracious was she? Favoured for gold, it just slipped away.
- Auckland FC pummelled the Phoenix in the local derby, winning 5–0. How good was that crowd? Rugby now seems to be the poor cousin when it comes to crowd engagement. And then what happened? The phoenix coach quit.
THE PACESETTER - 23 FEBRUARY 2026
SPOTLIGHT
Tourism is and will continue to be, critical to our economy returning to a point when the average Kiwi feels happy about living in what was once our “Godzone”. But — and here’s the but — what is the magic number of tourists that we should be let in each year? The Frankton to Queenstown Road certainly knows it doesn’t need any more. These extra visitors use our water, create sewage and waste, and our current infrastructure is already at breaking point.
SPORTIFY
The Winter Olympics draw to a close this week and what a spectacle they have provided. Our kiwi athletes have done us proud.
OF INTEREST
If you’re watching the T20World Cup you would have seen that the Canadian team was almost 100% Indian. No worries with that, but did you know how many Indians and Pakistanis reside in the US? 25 million according to the TV Commentators who are at the T20 World Cup.
GEM
Could be a big week in a lot of small rural towns in NZ, particularly if you have a few dairy farmers close by Fonterra’s dairy farmers stand to be about $480,000 better off on average. Thanks to a capital repayment and special dividend and an upgraded milk fat price. 😊
OPINION
Andrew Mountbatten – Windsor, what were you thinking? In the early days, he was known as “Randy Andy.” Did his mother, Queen Elizabeth, know all about this before her passing? Of course, she did — but she had to take it to the grave. The monarchy will survive this scandal, as it has others, but there probably haven’t been many bigger than this.
TOPICAL
130,000 Kiwi kids have never had a swimming lesson and about 7 of 10 can’t tread water or stay afloat for three minutes, and yet we live on three islands. The school pool of yesteryear should have never gone but the Government refused to fund their operations and now our young kids are paying the price. So who is responsible for teaching our kids to swim?
THE MARKETS
Last week, the new Reserve Bank Governor made her first OCR announcement. “The economy is slowly on the mend, but don’t expect house prices to bounce back sharply.” She added that while this won’t make homeowners feel wealthier or encourage them to spend, it presents an opportunity for New Zealand to reset itself and move away from relying on the property market to prop up a weak economy.
Great call, Governor — we need to put our capital to work more productively and securely.
OCR 2.25% ↓ November 2025
CPI 3.1% ↑ December 2025
Unemployment 5.4% ↑ December 2025
House Price Movement 2.3% ↑ July 2024
Rent Price Movement 4.3% ↑ July 2024
And only 305 days until Christmas!
