
Policy
Pattrick Smellie: A sunny initiative meets a wintry brouhaha
An initiative to ease winter power shortages strikes unexpected resistance.

Markets
NZ Shareholders Association urges partial ERoad takeover
ERoad bidder, Constellation Software, prefers 100% ownership.

Finance
NZ bank margins stay high as recession bites
NZ banks continue to report historically high net interest margins.

Law & Regulation
National vows RMA reforms repeal by Christmas
Better to dump five years' work than proceed with flawed reforms, says National.