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.
Saliva test upstart Rako sells to rival APHG
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Pattrick Smellie: Saliva test upstart Rako sells to rival APHG

As demand for covid testing recedes, Rako Science has made its peace – and a payday for its founders – with former arch-rival, Asia Pacific Healthcare Group.

Pattrick Smellie 26 Oct 2022
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Who do you turn to when good investments go bad?
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David Chaplin: Who do you turn to when good investments go bad?

 The FMA is trying to lift the veil on 'wholesale' offerings – and ping the lawyers and accountants who put newbies into the big league. 

David Chaplin 26 Oct 2022
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
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