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Opinion and analysis from Brian Gaynor, Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Jehan Casinader and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Bold, simple covid-19 package still comes with a warning

Pattrick Smellie | Tue, 17 Mar 2020

It is hard to overstate just how big today’s $12.1 billion covid-19 economic package is.It represents 4 percent of Gross Domestic Product.For people who don’t quite know what that means, imagine this: it’s nearly four times what New Zealand spends annually on its defence forces e...

BRIAN GAYNOR: Oil prices dive - what’s the problem? Brian Gaynor

JENNY RUTH: Comvita's China costing conundrum Jenny Ruth

JENNY RUTH: Leopards, spots and how a Vital benefit may be a hurt Jenny Ruth

BRIAN GAYNOR: When will the market correction be over? Brian Gaynor

GAVIN EVANS: Climate policy favours bans over plans Gavin Evans

PATTRICK SMELLIE: RNZ ad campaign - clever marketing or own goal? Pattrick Smellie

PAUL MCBETH: Rate cuts the wrong tool to fight pandemic, but so what? Paul McBeth

BRIAN GAYNOR: Be warned - David Ross is a free man Brian Gaynor

GAVIN EVANS: No clean hands in Matthews saga Gavin Evans

BRIAN GAYNOR: Ageing knights in spotlight for wrong reasons Brian Gaynor

PATTRICK SMELLIE: Time for some Prime Ministerial authority Pattrick Smellie

BRIAN GAYNOR: Charity sector needs far more transparency Brian Gaynor

OPINION: TVNZ – RNZ merger another broadcasting train wreck?

Barrie Saunders | Fri, 14 Feb 2020

Former broadcast journalist and TVNZ director between 2011 and 2017, Barrie Saunders, sees a foregone conclusion with unintended consequences in the proposed TVNZ-RNZ merger.The RNZ Concert programme train wreck is but a prelude to what is likely if the proposed RNZ-TVNZ merger g...