We don’t have a Productivity Commission and we don’t have Callaghan Innovation anymore.

No time to be sentimental but, who would run an Economic Reform Roundtable – like the one being held in Canberra this week, with a focus on Productivity? Because we badly need one.

We have the determination of EMA, HERA, NZCTU, ECANZ, IPENZ, VANZ to look after their members, assist them to get ahead and open opportunities. The Chambers of Commerce do the same. Technology groups talk the talk for their members as well.

But the negotiating aspect, the financial aspect, is needed to build on the 70% of export earnings coming in from the primary sector and ensure that manufacturing from the workshop, science and  technology increase their market share on overseas markets.

And, of course, it asks the question: “What came out of the Investment Conference held earlier this year in Auckland?

Probably a good time to have another look on You Tube at:     

Sir Paul Callaghan – StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future – March 2011

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