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.
Rishi Sunak is a new and old-fashioned Tory
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Bloomberg: Rishi Sunak is a new and old-fashioned Tory

Rishi Sunak is a wealthy technocrat who supports Brexit, but he's not a populist. His reputation as a sound manager will help him but will it be enough to quell the Conservative party's chaos?

Bloomberg 25 Oct 2022
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Free trade is dead, long live the knowledge economy
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Pattrick Smellie: Free trade is dead, long live the knowledge economy

The era of free-trade agreements is behind us. It's time to embrace a new trade strategy that targets borderless knowledge-economy industries.

Pattrick Smellie 25 Oct 2022
NZ has a blueprint for a world-leading class action regime
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Gracey Campbell: NZ has a blueprint for a world-leading class action regime

Omni Bridgeway's Gracey Campbell has some suggestions for NZ's class action regime.

Gracey Campbell 24 Oct 2022
Health system: the cure is worse than the disease
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Ian Powell: Health system: the cure is worse than the disease

There are two key reasons the health system is going to custard: too few staff and too much restructuring.

Ian Powell 24 Oct 2022