Election 2020

With Labour returned to power for three more years, BusinessDesk's experienced team covers the post-election government formation and all of the fallout from the big day.
$12b red meat sector's election wish list
Primary Sector

$12b red meat sector's election wish list

New Zealand's red meat sector wants policy settings that address the conversion of productive farmland to forestry, tackle non-tariff barriers to trade and adopt a practical approach to water resource management. In its pre-election policy blueprint, Beef + Lamb New Zealand an...

Brent Melville 16 Jun 2020
Muller’s ‘compassionate conservative’ pitch puts economy at fore
Policy

Muller’s ‘compassionate conservative’ pitch puts economy at fore

National Party leader Todd Muller painted himself in the David Cameron-mould of a compassionate conservative as he put the economy at the forefront of his election campaign.While thousands of urbanites marched in Black Lives Matter rallies in Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin, Mul...

Paul McBeth 15 Jun 2020
PATTRICK SMELLIE: Hooray for level 1. Now what?
Economy

Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Hooray for level 1. Now what?

Faced with catastrophic risk, humans react with two visceral emotions: dread and outrage.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Jun 2020
ELECTION 2020: Muller names women to top three roles; Amy Adams returns

ELECTION 2020: Muller names women to top three roles; Amy Adams returns

Newly elected National Party leader Todd Muller has put three women in the top three slots in his reshuffled Cabinet, naming Amy Adams at number three and in a key economic policy-making role as she confirms her decision not to retire from politics. Serial leadership aspirant...

Pattrick Smellie 25 May 2020