Making the bad weather better

Making the bad weather better
Queues of cars after the emergency alert was launched lasted well into the evening. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
Weather is a bit of a national obsession in NZ, but it is probably fair to say we all wish we had less to discuss right now.Top of the weather conversation starter list are the events of last Tuesday where it was sometimes hard to tell if the emergency response was making things better or worse in Auckland. An alert went far and wide asking people, who could, to get home. The buses got cancelled, the schools ended for the day and so everyone hopped onto the motorway just as the city was well and truly caught up in a torrential downpour.&nb...

More Opinion

Meta’s teen accounts won’t stop ban hammer
Opinion

Peter Griffin: Meta’s teen accounts won’t stop ban hammer

Will Meta see Facebook and Instagram forced to become youth-free zones?

Demographic clock ticking faster
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Demographic clock ticking faster

Tsy's Long Term Statement on the Fiscal Position didn't shy away from the obvious.

Cameron Bagrie 30 Sep 2025
Why platforms are responsible in Australia, not NZ
Opinion

David Chaplin: Why platforms are responsible in Australia, not NZ

NZ investment platforms will add products if requested by enough advisers.

David Chaplin 30 Sep 2025
Why NZ can’t just 'set and forget'
Opinion

Dileepa Fonseka: Why NZ can’t just 'set and forget'

Visions and dreams are thriving in the global south. Can we rediscover them too?

Dileepa Fonseka 29 Sep 2025