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EPISODE · Aug 3, 2026 · 6 MIN

Businesses insist they are innovative after PM's comments

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The Rotorua Chamber of Commerce is insisting the city's businesses are innovative, after finding itself at the centre of debate about a 'parent-child' relationship with the Government. That's how the Prime Minister characterised it when posed with the question of how businesses could hang on with the affordability of doing business becoming harder and harder. Christopher Luxon said that firms too often looked to government help instead of acting like "adult entrepreneurs". Rotorua Chamber of Commerce Chair Paul Ingram spoke to Melissa Chan-Green.

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