"... politicians [are] going to put more pressure on supermarkets, we've heard that for years. Fundamentally the problem is that we've only got two big players in the country."

#LiamDann, Business Editor-at-large, #NZHerald, 2025

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Wrong. The fundamental problem is lack of pro-competition regulation and enforcement.

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How could the global financial instability affect plans for NatACT First's imminent budget?

"They may have to relax their fiscal constraints and allow a bit more government money into the economy ... They're wary of borrowing more to do that. But then you'd have to look at it in a context ... where probably governments around the world are having to do this sort of thing."

#LiamDann, NZ Herald business editor, 2025

You mean like a pandemic response?

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