Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Resuscitating NZ Health – many things to do
Business of Health Free

Ian McCrae: Resuscitating NZ Health – many things to do

We need to rekindle and enable innovation in the health system.

Ian McCrae 22 Mar 2023
Australia's nuclear subs raise the stakes for NZ
Policy

Pattrick Smellie: Australia's nuclear subs raise the stakes for NZ

An Indo-Pacific war will be high-tech and high-cost – we're out of our league. 

Pattrick Smellie 21 Mar 2023
A Good Keen Median Man
Politics

Dileepa Fonseka: A Good Keen Median Man

How relevant is the old idea of the "median" voter, when the largest voting bloc at the next election will be millennials, born between 1981 and 1996?

Dileepa Fonseka 21 Mar 2023
Bugger, I'm the new minister of health
Business of Health Free

Ian McCrae: Bugger, I'm the new minister of health

The Canterbury earthquake rebuild has lessons for healthcare in NZ.

Ian McCrae 21 Mar 2023