Asleep at the wheel: the KiwiSaver GST flip-flop
Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: Asleep at the wheel: the KiwiSaver GST flip-flop

The government is trying to spin its KiwiSaver GST U-turn as rethinking a technicality, nothing more. Why not just say the obvious? This was a stuff-up.

Pattrick Smellie 31 Aug 2022
Backdown: Govt drops GST on KiwiSaver fees
Politics

Backdown: Govt drops GST on KiwiSaver fees

The proposal to add GST to fees charged by KiwiSaver providers has been strangled at birth after a firestorm reaction.

Pattrick Smellie 31 Aug 2022
Aussie ambush: what Qantas is doing to Air NZ's US ambitions
Services

Aussie ambush: what Qantas is doing to Air NZ's US ambitions

The Qantas plan to fly direct to New York from Auckland starting next June is good news for everyone apart from Air New Zealand.

Pattrick Smellie 31 Aug 2022
Smellie Sniffs the Breeze on: polytech reforms
Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: Smellie Sniffs the Breeze on: polytech reforms

Polytech reforms are back on track, sort of, after a tumultuous couple of months.

Pattrick Smellie 30 Aug 2022