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.
Bank capital rule changes another weapon aimed at housing market
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Bank capital rule changes another weapon aimed at housing market

New capital rules are adding to the factors that are finally starting to bite real estate prices that had seemed to move only upwards.

Jenny Ruth 09 May 2022
Sports need better government funding

Brian Gaynor: Sports need better government funding

Compared to New Zealand sports, it's raining money at all levels of Australian sports. So why are our professional teams losing out?

Brian Gaynor 07 May 2022
Sifting through the wreckage of the big tech sell off
Technology

Peter Griffin: Sifting through the wreckage of the big tech sell off

The markets have gone bear on tech stocks in a big way as the war in Ukraine and various other issues weigh heavily on stocks that have grown massively in value in recent years.

Peter Griffin 05 May 2022
Hiding in plain sight: use KiwiSaver to fund redundancy insurance
Finance

David Chaplin: Hiding in plain sight: use KiwiSaver to fund redundancy insurance

It's already a retirement and first-home buyers scheme, why not add redundancy to KiwiSaver's remit?

David Chaplin 04 May 2022