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Barry Soper: Is there still hope for the economy?

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Publish Date
Thu, 18 Jun 2026, 5:19pm
Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Resources Minister Shane Jones appearing together at an earlier press conference. Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell
Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Resources Minister Shane Jones appearing together at an earlier press conference. Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell

New Zealand's economic recovery had been gaining momentum before the Iran war and fuel crisis hit.

Today's figures show GDP rose 0.8 percent in the March quarter.

That was driven by manufacturing, business services and wholesale trade, particularly production of equipment and food.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says there's still indicators the economy could rebound - assuming the US-Iran peace deal holds up.

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