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.
A new health system can't fix what's broken in society
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Ian Powell: A new health system can't fix what's broken in society

The core issues that will improve health outcomes for Māori have to be fixed by the government, not the health service.

Ian Powell 20 Dec 2022
Holding your nerve: a guide to 2023
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Pattrick Smellie: Holding your nerve: a guide to 2023

Coping with covid required stoic compliance. Coping with inflation and a recession will require different attributes: mainly nerves of steel.

Pattrick Smellie 20 Dec 2022
The start of the AI revolution?
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Bloomberg: The start of the AI revolution?

ChatGPT can solve all your problems and answer all your questions. 

Bloomberg 19 Dec 2022
What the Commerce Commission’s building supplies study told us
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Jenny Ruth: What the Commerce Commission’s building supplies study told us

The market share of structural timber used in residential construction has dropped to 73% in 2020, from 93% in 2013.

Jenny Ruth 19 Dec 2022