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.
Labour and tax: how do you like them apples?
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Pattrick Smellie: Labour and tax: how do you like them apples?

Labour's GST cut on fresh produce overshadows a big tax cut for working families.

Pattrick Smellie 13 Aug 2023
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Tax, tax and more tax …
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Warren Couillault: Tax, tax and more tax …

Taxpayers and their households are best placed to determine what to do with their money. 

Money Answers: Is paying off the mortgage a bad idea?
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Frances Cook: Money Answers: Is paying off the mortgage a bad idea?

Is striving for a bigger, more expensive house a rational investment strategy?

Frances Cook 12 Aug 2023
Let's give New Zealanders shares in our country's wealth
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Scott Gilmour: Let's give New Zealanders shares in our country's wealth

The government could have given an equal number of shares to each taxpayer.

Scott Gilmour 12 Aug 2023