MARKETWEEK:  Market results lean into a turnaround

Auckland Airport Arrivals 21.2.26 //      Warren Head   At the end of a mixed week of corporate results, and an encouraging tone from the Reserve Bank, the NZX equity market brought improved...

MARKETWEEK: Poised for a torrent of market interims.

South Port result will register improved NZAS 14-15.2. 2026 The December interim report season holds the key to the direction of investor portfolios in the short-term. The report season for some 60...

MARKETWEEK: Late rally carries the Dow to 50,000

It has been a bumpy ride to peak cycle   7.2.26   //   WARREN HEAD //  Weeks of equity markets being subjected to the uncertainty of ongoing geopolitical riddles, minerals and metals price...

MARKETWEEK:  Global markets run low on propellant

  //       Warren Head   //   There was a risk-off tone across global equity markets led by US technology stocks over the week. Global equities dragged following weakness in Microsoft’s...

MARKETWEEK: Energy sector meeting higher demand

Meridian Energy's Lake Benmore dam in the Waitaki Valley   Warren Head This week’s share market performance provided a classic example of how high value markets tend to over-react to news...

Fletcher exiting construction sector

20.1.26 Fletcher Building made the stunning announcement today that it Is getting out of construction – after a few years of experiencing some extraordinary problems in its legacy contracts. It is a...

MARKETWEEK; NZX is picking up a tailwind

    //      WARREN HEAD   Investors in the New Zealand sharemarket have welcomed the signs of an economic tailwind returning in 2026. Particularly after an unsatisfying 2025 that...

MARKETWEEK: Gold driven by new era geo-politics

  WARREN HEAD Equity investors will have spent the weekend partly pondering about the national sharemarket before motoring to the beach for a few hours in the heatwave before retreating from...

MARKETWEEK: 2026 may produce more of a canter

3.1.126   // Warren Head   // __ During a demanding 2025 when the mediocre pace of economic recovery blended with geopolitical supply chain disruption triggered by the restoration of American...

Best Wishes for a Prosperous 2026

Headliner Market Report 31.12.25 The NZ sharemarket closed off the 2025 year with a flat-line performance in abbreviated trading hours today. The NZX50 dwindled to a halt at 13,548.42, up 0.29...

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Growth year for T&G Global

27.2.26 T&G Global Limited’s strategy to capture the global opportunities in the premium apple market clearly demonstrated its value in the year ended 31 December. Demand for ENVY and JAZZ apples in North America, the United Kingdom and across Asia saw the...

Foley Wines doubles profit

27.2.26   Foley Wines has announced growth in sales revenue and operating earnings in the company’s half yearly report. CEO Mike Higgins said, “It has been a very challenging period for the broader industry both domestically and globally, but we have worked very...

Profitable surge by Colonial Motors

27.2.26 The Colonial Motor Company’s results for the six months ended 31.12.25 record a trading profit after tax of $10.4m, significantly ahead of the comparative period, being up 50.0%. The board declared an unchanged, fully imputed, interim dividend of 15 cents per...

Vista Group profitable in FY25

  27.2.2 Vista Group International’s full-year results for the year ending 31 December 2025 highlight strong operational and financial performance. The year saw all-time record revenue, a 25% increase in SaaS revenue, continued ARR growth, margin expansion, and a...

Port of Tauranga has interim success

Port of Tauranga delivered a strong financial and operational performance for the six months ended 31.12.25, driven by resilient trade volumes, productivity improvements, and increased revenue and margin. Reported group net profit increased 16.6% to $70.2 million,...

Focus on Marsden Pt energy precinct

  Channel Infrastructure is providing resilient energy infrastructure solutions, chairman James Miller said in today’s half year results statement. “Channel’s clear plan for growth is centred on delivering the Marsden Point Energy Precinct, which will be...

Sky TV does well in soft economy

Sky Network Television reports a strong financial performance for the six months ended 31.1.25, in its first reporting period since the acquisition of Discovery NZ (now Sky Free). Despite subdued economic conditions and softness in consumer and corporate spend, it...

Air NZ hits first half headwinds

26.2.26 A fuels cost headwind and ongojng engine related impacts helped push Air New Zealand into a pre-tax loss of $59 million in the first half of FY26 from a $144 million positive position in the same half last year. The net loss after taxation was $40 million....

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