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.
Theme tunes: reality repeats
Markets

David Chaplin: Theme tunes: reality repeats

The Jetsons had nothing to say about thematic funds, which didn’t truly hit the big-time until the 1990s.

David Chaplin 13 Apr 2022
Banned in Oz, UK and Europe, but on sale in NZ
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Banned in Oz, UK and Europe, but on sale in NZ

Trading CFDs is not for the faint-hearted, and one Auckland lawyer is raising funds for a class action against one firm that offers them.

Jenny Ruth 11 Apr 2022
NZ housing: what if land values tank?

Brian Gaynor: NZ housing: what if land values tank?

Making more land available rather than building more houses is the key to lower-cost housing. 

Brian Gaynor 09 Apr 2022
Aussie thinks big on cybersecurity, space, while we drift
Technology

Peter Griffin: Aussie thinks big on cybersecurity, space, while we drift

Australian policymakers are streets ahead of NZ in making the connection between public interest cyber-capability investments and development of the wider tech sector.

Peter Griffin 07 Apr 2022