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Australia's replacement of the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount with a 30 per cent minimum rate on real gains from 1 July 2027 has made New Zealand the lighter-tax option for company founders across the Tasman.
Australia now sources 50 to 60 per cent of its tobacco from illicit suppliers. New Zealand has kept the same figure between 5 and 10 per cent under a different regulatory path.
New Zealand recorded 358900 international visitor arrivals in March 2026, up 15 percent on the prior year, according to Stats NZ data. Airlines have responded with targeted capacity cuts rather than wholesale reductions while fuel prices remain elevated after the late February Middle East conflict.
Australian consumer sentiment has collapsed to multi-decade lows, the clearest leading indicator that the economy heads toward its first recession since 1991.
New Zealand's foreign investment screening regime changed materially on 6 March 2026, when the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2025 took effect, replacing the previous benefit-to-New-Zealand test with a single, risk-based national interest test for most transactions.
