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.
Auckland's endgame isn't hard to imagine

Cameron Bagrie: Auckland's endgame isn't hard to imagine

The number of people leaving Auckland in a year for somewhere else in NZ is equivalent to the entire population of Oamaru.

Cameron Bagrie 28 Oct 2021
Facebook's techno-capitalism will also destroy it
Technology

Peter Griffin: Facebook's techno-capitalism will also destroy it

Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and their peers, have been responsible for the greatest concentration of power and wealth in human history. Soon they will be forced to recognise the consequences of doing so.

Peter Griffin 28 Oct 2021
Idle warning for startup climate law
Markets

David Chaplin: Idle warning for startup climate law

New Zealand is moving into first gear with new climate change reporting standards applying across investment products and larger listed companies.

David Chaplin 27 Oct 2021
Pacific Edge capital raising unfair to retail shareholders
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Pacific Edge capital raising unfair to retail shareholders

If a company decides against a pro rata capital raising then ends up with a high level of oversubscriptions, does it make sense to scale allocations based on existing holdings?

Jenny Ruth 26 Oct 2021