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Sam Dickie: The NZX50 has lagged global peers in 2021. But where to from here?
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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New Zealand s sugar rush bounce back is wearing off, writes Sam Dickie. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
By: Sam Dickie
The NZSE50 has underperformed global markets by almost 15 per cent in 2021, after a whopping 25 per cent out performance over the previous five years. Sam Dickie, senior portfolio manager at Fisher Funds looks at what has caused this underperformance and if it is set to continue.
New Zealand s sharemarket is the worst performing developed market in 2021 – down 4 per cent while global stock markets are up 10 per cent. However, this comes on the heels of a five years of significant out performance.
Covid 19 coronavirus: World records as many cases in one week as in first five months of pandemic
3 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
Mridula Narayan paints a vivid picture of the humanitarian crisis in India as the COVID-19 pandemic grows.
Video / AP / World Vision
news.com.au
The pictures tell one side of the world s struggle against Covid-19, with images of patients dying outside hospitals, and crematoriums and graveyards full, with no more room for the dead.
The statistics tell an equally sobering story, more than 16 months on from the first case of coronavirus.
Infringements for liquor ban zones breaches in Wellington and Auckland drop by 75 per cent
2 May, 2021 09:22 PM
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There has been a significant change in the number of infringements issued for breaching the zones in Wellington and Auckland. Photo / 123rf
There has been a significant change in the number of infringements issued for breaching the zones in Wellington and Auckland. Photo / 123rf
multimedia journalist at the Herald in Wellington@katieharrisnz
The number of infringements issued by police for breaching liquor ban zones in the Wellington and Auckland have decreased by around 75 per cent in the past five years.
Data released to the Herald under the Official Information Act shows the number of infringements in the capital dropped to 302 in 2020, from around 500 in 2018 and almost 1300 in 2016.