Every Monday we post some thoughts in our Perriams Pacesetter, containing fresh thoughts for the week, the weekend just gone, and a bit of left field. Click below to read.
Perriams Pacesetter – 05 May 2026
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5th May 2026
GEM
Sir David Attenborough turns 100 years of age this week on 8 May 2026. A career that is nothing short of remarkable. What would we know about life on earth without him?
OF INTEREST
How many segments does a typical orange most commonly have?
Answer: 10.
SPOTLIGHT
Did you read Liam Dann, NZ Heralds Business Editors’ latest comments on our economy. It’s a goody and to the point, so here it is.
“As the Iran conflict drags on, the damage it is doing to the economy – globally and locally – becomes ever more serious. Yet it feels like it is fading from the headlines. Last week, oil prices spiked past US$122 per barrel. That’s the highest they have gone since the conflict began. Higher, for the first time, than they went after the outbreak of the Ukraine war in 2022. The news didn’t get near the top stories of the day.
We’ve returned to the familiar soap opera of domestic squabbles and politics.”
The point here? Focus on what’s needed now.
TOPICAL
The people have spoken and there just may be room now for the Crusader horses in the new stadium. Watch this space “Bring back the horses”.
OPINION
We know things are getting tough when Sky City Casino announce that higher fuel costs are reducing people’s ability to spend at the Casino, and it’s often in these times, gambling can see a spark when people become a bit more desperate. Not this time around 🙁
THE MARKETS
Let’s look at what the going salary range is for a human to train Anthropic AI. The advertisement says: “Must be familiar with how large language models work and understand reinforcement learning” Whatever that means! Pay is $600,000 – $1.4m, worth firing through the CV 😊.
Centrix’s latest update showed 3023 liquidations in the year to March 2026. Construction leading the way with 768, followed by hospitality at 399. Inland Revenue was a significant driver in many of these. What these stats don’t show is how many of these businesses closed on their own accounts.
OCR 2.25% ↓ November 2025
CPI 3.1% ↑ January 2026
Unemployment 5.4% ↑ December 2025
House Price Movement 2.3% ↑ July 2024
Rent Price Movement 4.3% ↑ July 2024
Only 234 days to go until Christmas!
PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS
Each week we announce Perriams “Game Changers” for the week.
1. We can’t go past the penalty shoot out between Auckland FC and Melbourne.
1-1 at full time.
1-1 at extra time.
7-6 on the penalty shoot out, with Auckland FC on top.
2. The Drua’s first ever win over the Highlanders. Whilst we feel sad for Moana Pasifika’s last few weeks in Super Rugby if they don’t secure a last minute backer, isn’t it great to see their pacific neighbours doing well. Fiji will be a force in next year’s Rugby World Cup.
3. The Wahs are now lying second on the NRL table after their win agasnt the Eels in Sydney on Saturday, got to be good!
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