Improving productivity is not a silver bullet. New Zealand has problems with housing affordability and inequality, and must take on the challenge of dramatically lowering its greenhouse gas emissions. This inquiry acknowledges these are serious issues and work on them must continue. However, lifting New Zealand’s productivity will make tackling these problems easier. Maximising the contribution from frontier firms is central to lifting national productivity and wellbeing.

The New Zealand Productivity Commission has completed its inquiry into the economic contribution of New Zealand’s most productive 'frontier' firms, and presented this final report with recommendations to government.