BP, this article is mostly apprehensive about the economy. I'm mindful that the govt tax take has dipped heavily under National's terms, has crept back to be slightly above what Labour achieved in 2008 (just after the high dairy payout year), but has not yet allowed a budget surplus for the National govt. Despite all the number shuffling, selling of assets, sinking lids, etc. Therefore, it looks to me like we have been watching the economy downsize in relative terms. We have a higher population, but we are starting to see the stresses of finding gainful employment for all who want to work.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opin...y+20+July+2015
if all of those sectors you mention are going gangbusters, shouldn't there have been a fairly massive company tax income for the National govt? And will all of these sectors make up for the negative income overall, for the regionally huge dairy sector?