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At a time when others would rather write about the Kardashians, or syndicate content from overseas tabloids, we are proudly all about serious journalism.

A BusinessDesk subscription is your investment in staying informed, and getting ahead. Each day we write about people, businesses, politics and more. 

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Pattrick Smellie, editor and CEO	Paul McBeth, news editor	Rebecca Stevenson, news editor
Jacqui Loates-Haver, The Life editor	Victoria Young, legal affairs reporter and On the Money columnist	Jenny Ruth, senior reporter
Rebecca Howard, senior reporter	Brent Melville, senior reporter	Gavin Evans, senior reporter
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Our columnists

Brian Gaynor is the non-executive chairman of Content Ltd, the company which owns BusinessDesk. Brian co-founded Milford Asset Management and was a longterm economic commentator the the NZ Herald, before moving exclusively to BusinessDesk. He writes a column each Saturday morning, and an occasional mid-week one.

BusinessDesk’s columnist line up:

• Brian Gaynor, Saturday: business and businesspeople
• Jehan Casinader, Saturday: social issues and politics
• Victoria Young, Saturday: money and the people making it. 
• Peter Griffin, Thursday: Tech and startups
• David Chaplin, Wednesday: investment industry
• Pattrick Smellie: politics and business

The Life

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Our journalism

We are old school. Our journalists are not churning press releases — we are finding our own stories and reporting them thoroughly. You will read news and analysis on BusinessDesk you won't see elsewhere. 

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