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 – 28 April 2026
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28th April 2026
GEM
There’s just no way we can go past Friday night’s opening of One NZ Stadium, Te Kaha. What an occasion! What an event! What an asset! And the Crusaders won.
OF INTEREST
In the 1970’s the average Kiwi would buy their first home in their mid 20s, today the average is about 37. New Zealand needs to close that gap, we were once the land of opportunity where hard work did bring with it, rewards.
And just out of interest Kazakhstan has the highest global home ownership in the world with 98% of occupants owning the home.
SPOTLIGHT
One NZ Stadium, Te Kaha, what else could it be?
TOPICAL
ANZAC day.
It is all about acknowledging its costs. It was a day to reflect on the service willingly given by our soldiers, on lives lost and on lives and families forever changed.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
How many of you ate an ANZAC biscuit over the weekend? Or purchased a poppy?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“If the past few years have taught us anything its that certainty has become one of the most valuable features people can buy.”
-Troy Kennedy, CEO of Armstrong Motors.
OPINION
A travesty, the Government’s decision not to fund $500,000 for Sail GP in 2027, yet it was willing to fund Robbie Williams for $2m. Sail GP brings in overseas money and exposes New Zealand for potential overseas visitors, while Robbie Williams sucks up Kiwis money.
THE MARKETS
New Zealand and India signed a historic free trade agreement over the weekend eliminating or reducing tariffs on 95% of New Zealand exports to India. The deal to the worlds most populated country is just what we need for New Zealand, particularly at this time.
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 249 days to go until Christmas!
PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS
Each week we announce Perriams “Game Changers” for the week.
- ANZAC day and the way we still remember those fallen, thousands of people still gathered across Aotearoa to acknowledge those soldiers who lived a lifetime fighting for us.
- It was the question of when for sub 2 hours, for the marathon but Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe blitzed it at 1:59:30 and the second place getter also went under the 2 hour mark. But I do have a question, how do you call it a world record when every course is different, other than it being 42.195kms.
- Friday night at One NZ stadium whether you were there or not, what an occasion. Crusaders 35, Waratahs 20, that was the script, could it get any better?
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