I do think New Zealand’s emphasis on primary industries is shortsighted, but it seems it’s always been that way.
Any business in other sectors that gets big enough ends up moving headquarters overseas.
And I think NZ is losing ground as certain markets move towards fewer Ag focused food products like meat alternatives.
NZ has a lot of expertise in the food technology but it gets lost overseas because opportunities for bleeding edge food science are basically non existent in NZ unless you want to go into the Agricultural sector
Thanks, that was very interesting. Not new ground, but very well explained for a pleb like me.
I do think New Zealand’s emphasis on primary industries is shortsighted, but it seems it’s always been that way. Any business in other sectors that gets big enough ends up moving headquarters overseas. And I think NZ is losing ground as certain markets move towards fewer Ag focused food products like meat alternatives. NZ has a lot of expertise in the food technology but it gets lost overseas because opportunities for bleeding edge food science are basically non existent in NZ unless you want to go into the Agricultural sector