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.
Smellie Sniffs the Breeze on: polytech reforms
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Pattrick Smellie: Smellie Sniffs the Breeze on: polytech reforms

Polytech reforms are back on track, sort of, after a tumultuous couple of months.

Pattrick Smellie 30 Aug 2022
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CEO nervous about Charities Act proposals
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Kirsten Patterson: CEO nervous about Charities Act proposals

The Institute of Directors' Kirsten Patterson is optimistic about planned reforms – but hopes they're fit for purpose.

Nothing personal Fozzie, you need to be fired
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Shane Green: Nothing personal Fozzie, you need to be fired

Winning is nice, but what drives the commercial success of the $3 billion All Blacks franchise is hope.

Shane Green 29 Aug 2022
What if NZX stuck to the fair-to-all shareholders principle?
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Jenny Ruth: What if NZX stuck to the fair-to-all shareholders principle?

When shareholders are diluted by capital raisings, they are deprived of a property right and that’s a form of theft unless they are compensated.

Jenny Ruth 29 Aug 2022