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.
We are too timid on developing AI – I blame the government
Technology

Peter Griffin: We are too timid on developing AI – I blame the government

Our country is one of only a handful in the OECD that doesn’t currently have a digital strategy in place.

Peter Griffin 11 Nov 2021
Good greed: UN ETF makes for WTF moment

David Chaplin: Good greed: UN ETF makes for WTF moment

The UN itself could possibly face greenwashing scrutiny after backing the launch of a new climate-focused exchange-traded fund.

David Chaplin 10 Nov 2021
Negotiating Christmas – the real political test in APEC Leaders’ Week
Coronavirus

Pattrick Smellie: Negotiating Christmas – the real political test in APEC Leaders’ Week

Very soon – much sooner than many Aucklanders perhaps dare imagine – their city will be open again. 

Pattrick Smellie 08 Nov 2021
RBNZ tried to bury research contradicting climate change fears
Finance Free

Jenny Ruth: RBNZ tried to bury research contradicting climate change fears

The RBNZ failed to provide all the available information to three requesters before publishing a key 2018 paper in an obscure place on its website more than eight months later.

Jenny Ruth 08 Nov 2021