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 huge crypto scam, housing losses, Pfizer & IPOs

Brian Gaynor: A huge crypto scam, housing losses, Pfizer & IPOs

The Squid Game token debacle has jumped to the top of the infamous scam list. 

Brian Gaynor 06 Nov 2021
Celebrating the vulnerable but viable

Paul McBeth: Celebrating the vulnerable but viable

Businesses that thrive in adversity offer a lesson to us all.

Paul McBeth 05 Nov 2021
RBNZ's blindness to its role in fueling house prices

Jenny Ruth: RBNZ's blindness to its role in fueling house prices

The Reserve Bank was warned before it introduced the funding-for-lending programme that it might fuel house price inflation.

Jenny Ruth 04 Nov 2021
The black hole at the centre of the Metaverse
Technology

Peter Griffin: The black hole at the centre of the Metaverse

BusinessDesk tech columnist Peter Griffin gets a much-needed explanation of the Metaverse from a senior Facebooker.

Peter Griffin 04 Nov 2021