ANALYSIS: NBR’s fifth annual series assessing the size and shape of NZ’s largest accounting firms shows the impact of a continued economic slump.
WATCH: Overview – NBR opens the books on NZ’s accounting sector.
Hamish McNicol and Kate McVicar
Mon, 13 Apr 2026
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For five years now, NBR has been tracking the size and shape of the country’s $2 billion-plus accounting industry in its annual The Accountants series.
As recently as 2023, one of the biggest challenges facing the largest dozen accounting firms was staffing shortages. They couldn’t hire enough
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Hamish McNicol and Kate McVicar
Mon, 13 Apr 2026
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