The green shoots and brown roots of our economy

Published on 04 April 2025

If New Zealand’s economy was a grass paddock, it would be in pretty rough shape. We’re coming out of a pretty bad drought (economic recession) and there’s widespread political disagreement about how to get our worn-out field of brown grass back to the lush green pasture it once was. Sabrina joined Bernard Hickey on the latest episode of ‘When the Facts Change’ to discuss what’s looking promising (green shoots) and what ‘s looking worrying (brown roots) in the meadow of our national economy.

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