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.
Why workers should have the right to remain private
Law & Regulation Free

Alastair Espie: Why workers should have the right to remain private

No one should be discouraged from taking legal action against a bad employer because of the threat of public naming.

Alastair Espie 28 Sep 2021
Which big bank will back NZ business?

Cameron Bagrie: Which big bank will back NZ business?

Banks' preference for home mortgage rather than business lending is increasingly holding the economy back.

Cameron Bagrie 28 Sep 2021
How much trouble is the ‘three waters' policy really in?
Policy Free

Pattrick Smellie: How much trouble is the ‘three waters' policy really in?

Don't underestimate the government's determination to push ahead with its controversial three waters reforms.

Pattrick Smellie 27 Sep 2021
Politics and sob stories for first-home buyers
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Politics and sob stories for first-home buyers

In the end, higher interest rates are probably the only thing that will moderate house price inflation, but that also means clobbering the covid-hit rest of the economy.

Jenny Ruth 27 Sep 2021