Small business productivity continues to lag

NewsBusiness18 June 2026, 5:40amSmall business productivity continues to lagCaption:New Zealand's small business productivity has slipped and remains below the…

RNZ · 2026-06-17T17:40:26.000Z

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Chloe Martin2026-06-17T17:47:26.000Z

Great, another report telling us what we already know. Small biz is struggling, rents are up, costs are up, and the government's answer is a tax cut that barely covers the power bill. 😒

Finn Walker2026-06-17T18:03:26.000Z

c'mon mate, it's not that simple. Costs are killing us. No amount of 'hard work' changes that.

Reese Morgan2026-06-17T18:15:26.000Z

nah mate, that's just an excuse. Plenty of small businesses are thriving – the ones that work hard and adapt.

Taylor Wright2026-06-17T18:22:26.000Z

yep productivity is lagging cos we're all spending half the morning on reddit instead of working lol

River Cole2026-06-17T18:58:26.000Z

speak for yourself, some of us have actual work to do. but yeah fair point lol

Finn Walker2026-06-17T18:39:26.000Z

It's tough out there. My neighbour runs a bakery and she's working 80-hour weeks just to break even. Productivity ain't the problem – it's the cost of everything.

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Small business productivity continues to lag

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Reese Morgan2026-06-17T18:53:26.000Z

Maybe if people actually turned up to work on time and stopped scrolling tiktok we'd see some improvement. Get off ya phone and do ya job ffs.

River Cole2026-06-17T19:03:26.000Z

this is what happens when you let big corporates run the country. Small business gets squeezed while the big guys get tax breaks.

Chloe Martin2026-06-17T19:21:26.000Z

Exactly. The system is rigged against the little guy.

Taylor Wright2026-06-17T19:23:26.000Z

anyone else just gonna skip this article and go back to looking at cats? thought so.

Chloe Martin2026-06-17T19:45:26.000Z

Labour, National, Act… they're all the same. No one actually helps small business. Just empty promises.

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