Perriams Pacesetter — 27 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

The Tour de France and Tadej Pogacar. Is he the best cyclist of all time to have ever sat in the saddle? And how good is the scenery in France as they go from stage to stage.

TOPICAL

It’s back to work for all of us who either bought our own lotto ticket or were part of a work syndicate in the $40m purse. Two Aucklanders are taking the spoils home. One winner purchased their ticket from a Blockhouse Bay Post Shop and the other through the online My Lotto app. But it not all about the money, is it? It’s about that chance! 😊

GONEBURGER!

The Governments ban on commercial greyhound racing comes into effect this Friday.

OPINION

New Zealand has had a few earthquakes over the last couple of weeks. Have we been a bit slack over recent years and lazy with our preparedness. Time you checked everything in your emergency kits at home because there will be another biggy one day and we need to be ready.

SPOTLIGHT

National’s promise to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30 weeks if re-elected. Perfect timing with the Stuart Nash’s resignation and is this the start of the lollies? The big question is do we have the money?

OF INTEREST

The Foxy.

A Northcote Bakery has been under a pie siege as customers flock to get one of Foxy’s pies. Ryan Fox’s favourite place for his pie. What’s in the pie? Steak, bacon jam and cheese.

What a banger!

SPORTIFY

There will be 44 All Blacks named midday Monday, to make the big trek to South Africa with probably an equivalent number of management. The biggest test of them all, a series win in South Africa and Dave Rennie might just also get the nod to lead the country in this November’s elections. 😊

QUESTION OF THE WEEK?

Does the Commonwealth Games have a future? It will never capture the magic of Dick Taylors’ finish in the 10,000 metres in 1974. It does still give our top athletes an opportunity to compete on the world stage, and there are still personal bests achieved so I say, “long live the Commonwealth Games!”

THE MARKETS

How are US AI stocks going to trade this week? Massive infrastructure spending, high volatility and rising investor scrutiny over financial returns – could be an interesting week!

OCR 2.5% ↑ July 2026 CPI 4.1% ↑ June 2026 Unemployment 5.3% ↓ March 2026 House Price Movement 2.3% ↑ July 2024 Rent Price Movement 4.3% ↑ July 2024

Only 158 days to go until Christmas!

PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS – 27 July 2026

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

Ryan Fox, he was our number one ranking last week and tops the rankings again this week. Why? Because on the world stage for a Kiwi this is bigger than “Ben-Hur”

The Tour de France, winds up but what a spectacle.

Have the Wah’s run out of steam, surely it’s still their year?