Perriams Pacesetter — 20 July 2026

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.

GEM

This last week has been all about remembering Sam Neil, his talent and the success he achieved on the international stage and all those different characters he played.

TOPICAL

The second bird flu case confirmed in New Zealand, this time in the Wairarapa, is not what we wanted for our poultry industry, which is now on high alert.

Do we actually know just how many eggs we consume every day as part of our routine diets?

According to the Egg Producers Federation of New Zealand, the latest estimate is about 229 eggs per person per year as of June 2025. Around 1.2 billion eggs a year nationally.

SPOTLIGHT

Ryan Fox takes out the British Open! Only the fourth Kiwi ever to win a Major. It doesn’t get much better than this 😊

This has to be better than a Gold Medal?

OF INTEREST

If you didn’t catch the article over the weekend, a recent study found that New Zealand drivers spend nearly 13 days a year behind the wheel.

That’s an average of 5 hours and 58 minutes per week. Are you above the average or below?

On the topic of averages, the average price of a standard 2-litre bottle of milk has now reached $5.04, as our food prices continued to rise through June.

SPORTIFY

With so much sport on at the moment, sitting in the shadows has been the Commonwealth Games which is due to kick off in Glasglow this Thursday night NZ time.

QUESTION

Is greed killing Queenstown?

Our golden tourist resort is drowning in visitors, cars and pollution, yet subdivisions continue to be fast-tracked.

OPINION

Paul Henry’s move into politics.

He is bright, articulate and entertaining. Now he’s thrown his hat into the ACT Party ring.

If nothing else, his move into politics is refreshing and will certainly add some spice to the upcoming election.

THE MARKETS

Did you get any shares in SpaceX when it listed? If you did, what did you pay for them? More importantly, what are they worth today?

A slew of stats has indicated that Southland has the nation’s highest growth in GDP per capita – a key indicator of economic performance.

Our NZ economy could now we’ll be on track for its long-awaited recovery that is if the fuel prices can stay down. That’s got to be good news with predictions reaching a four year high of 2.7% by the middle of next year.

Of course, that is all subject to the mercy of geopolitical situations overseas

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 158 days to go until Christmas!

PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS – 20 July 2026

Each week we announce Perriams “Game Changers” for the week.

Ryan Fox’s win in the British Open and the fact that on his second round he logged a 62 which is equal best to 6 other golfers who have achieved such a score of this in majors.

The All Blacks maintain their unbeaten 53-win rate at the Eden Park ‘fortress’ against Ireland. So, its 3 from 3 for Rennie. But the real test is still to come, ABs in South Africa against the Springboks.

He’s not a Kiwi but NZ has a rich history of the mile and over the weekend Josh Kerr of Britain broke the 27-year-old record clocking in at 3 min 42.66 seconds.