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Four big accountancy firms

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Four big accountancy firms

Four multinational firms, known as the ‘Big Four’, dominate the business of accounting internationally. The Wellington branch offices of KPMG, Deloittes, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Ernst and Young are all in large, modern, high-rise buildings, which testify to the size, importance and stability of these companies.

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Philip Colquhoun, Accountancy – Modern accountancy, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24882/four-big-accountancy-firms (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Philip Colquhoun, published 8 December 2009.