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.
Rishi Sunak is a new and old-fashioned Tory
Politics

Bloomberg: Rishi Sunak is a new and old-fashioned Tory

Rishi Sunak is a wealthy technocrat who supports Brexit, but he's not a populist. His reputation as a sound manager will help him but will it be enough to quell the Conservative party's chaos?

Bloomberg 25 Oct 2022
Free trade is dead, long live the knowledge economy
Trade

Pattrick Smellie: Free trade is dead, long live the knowledge economy

The era of free-trade agreements is behind us. It's time to embrace a new trade strategy that targets borderless knowledge-economy industries.

Pattrick Smellie 25 Oct 2022
NZ has a blueprint for a world-leading class action regime
Law & Regulation

Gracey Campbell: NZ has a blueprint for a world-leading class action regime

Omni Bridgeway's Gracey Campbell has some suggestions for NZ's class action regime.

Gracey Campbell 24 Oct 2022
Health system: the cure is worse than the disease
Health Free

Ian Powell: Health system: the cure is worse than the disease

There are two key reasons the health system is going to custard: too few staff and too much restructuring.

Ian Powell 24 Oct 2022