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.
Russia may win on the ground, but it lost the information war
Technology

Peter Griffin: Russia may win on the ground, but it lost the information war

As one Twitter user put it of Putin vs Zelenskyy: "Ex-KGB pensioner loses to former stand-up comedian with a smartphone."

Peter Griffin 03 Mar 2022
RATs not good enough for our coming omicron peak
Coronavirus Free

Leon Grice: RATs not good enough for our coming omicron peak

Rapid antigen tests are not the panacea to overcoming the bottlenecks revealed this week in the covid PCR testing system that is being portrayed, argues Rako Science's Leon Grice.

Leon Grice 02 Mar 2022
All eyes are on social media
Technology

Tom Barraclough: All eyes are on social media

There are no goodies and baddies in social media, but people may not tolerate the way companies dictate to them what can be said, read, or thought for much longer.

Tom Barraclough 02 Mar 2022
The Russian exit: why the way out is not easy for investors
Markets

David Chaplin: The Russian exit: why the way out is not easy for investors

Ethical KiwiSaver providers funds have a bit of a problem – many of the largest global ethical investment funds contain Russian assets.

David Chaplin 02 Mar 2022