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.
Simple? No, minister, immigration is complex
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Iain MacLeod: Simple? No, minister, immigration is complex

Immigration policy is hard and current efforts to simplify it miss the point.

Iain MacLeod 20 Jan 2023
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Did Ardern just hand the election to Luxon?
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Pattrick Smellie: Did Ardern just hand the election to Luxon?

It's hard to see how Jacinda Ardern hasn't just handed National an unobstructed 2023 election win.

Pattrick Smellie 19 Jan 2023
Election 2023: let the shadow boxing commence
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Pattrick Smellie: Election 2023: let the shadow boxing commence

The two major parties have somehow ended up both holding their new year caucus retreats in the same town, on the same day. 

Pattrick Smellie 19 Jan 2023
We have work to do to combat cyber threats
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Peter Griffin: We have work to do to combat cyber threats

Cyberthreats have been elevated to 8th in the World Economic Forum’s ten-year outlook, the only tech-related risk on the top-ten list. 

Peter Griffin 19 Jan 2023