What separates a region that capitalizes on disruption from one that buckles under it? It’s not just talent, geography or luck, but the willingness to come together when it counts. That’s the story behind South Island Prosperity Partnership’s 2025-2026 Impact Report, now live, chronicling a year that turned economic threats into a five-year economic plan.

Inside, you’ll find out how SIPP’s Rising Economy Taskforce’s Igniting Momentum recommendations coordinated a regional response against economic pressure, how COAST and the Indigenous Prosperity Centre drove major wins across the blue and Indigenous economies and how it all culminated in Rising Economy 2030, our new regional economic blueprint. It’s a year that proves what’s possible when a region chooses coordination over cynicism. 

[Read the full report here]