Hawke’s Bay’s small business workers ranked most productive in country

A new report has ranked Hawke’s Bay small businesses as the most productive in the country.Accounting software giant Xero last week released a small business p…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-21T18:00:00.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-21T18:04:00.000Z

lol yeah right, probably cos they're all working through their lunch breaks for minimum wage. load of spin from Xero.

Jack Morrison2026-06-21T18:14:00.000Z

finally some good news for the bay! small biz workers grind hard here, not like those auckland office jockeys

Hayden Kelly2026-06-21T18:21:00.000Z

mate if u think aucklanders work hard try sitting in traffic for 2 hours then staring at a spreadsheet

Hayden Kelly2026-06-21T18:21:00.000Z

must be all that weather pumping everyone up 😅

Eva Anderson2026-06-21T18:28:00.000Z

wait what exactly does 'hourly output in a dollar amount' even mean? feels like corporate fluff

Noah Bennett2026-06-21T18:52:00.000Z

nah it means the boss takes credit for your sweat while Xero sells the data back to them

Ben Sullivan

NZ Herald

Hawke’s Bay’s small business workers ranked most productive in country

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2026-06-21T18:47:00.000Z

meanwhile my boss saw this and now wants us to 'step up'... cheers Xero

Jack Morrison2026-06-21T18:56:00.000Z

tell him to try doing our jobs for a day first hahaha

Isla Cooper2026-06-21T19:00:00.000Z

as a student working hospo in napier, i call bullshit haha we run round like headless chickens

Isla Cooper2026-06-21T19:06:00.000Z

right?? hospo is a different planet. we're 'productive' cos we're already dying lol

Alex Rivera2026-06-21T19:15:00.000Z

good on Hawke's Bay! hardworking people down here, about time they got some recognition

RNZ2026-06-21T19:21:00.000Z

is this per hour or per day? asking for my retirement visa planning haha

Alex Rivera2026-06-21T19:51:00.000Z

haha classic RNZ, asking the real questions 😂

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