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.
Job done: KiwiSaver at work
KiwiSaver

David Chaplin: Job done: KiwiSaver at work

Ignoring my potentially correct figure for the under-18s, KiwiSaver membership now represents almost 80% of the remaining population.

David Chaplin 24 Nov 2021
Three things businesses must do to ride covid’s third wave
Coronavirus

Karl Wright: Three things businesses must do to ride covid’s third wave

Datacom CIO Karl Wright says businesses need to accept disruption as the new normal, take a zero-trust approach to security and invest in the right tools and platforms to support hybrid ways of working. 

Karl Wright 22 Nov 2021
Why the RBNZ's bond-buying programme is an albatross
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Why the RBNZ's bond-buying programme is an albatross

History may judge the Reserve Bank's large-scale asset programme to have been a policy mistake.

Jenny Ruth 22 Nov 2021
Workers quitting to play the booming markets

Brian Gaynor: Workers quitting to play the booming markets

Serious labour shortages are developing in NZ with job vacancies picking up far more rapidly than after the GFC, although Auckland is obviously lagging behind the rest of the country.

Brian Gaynor 20 Nov 2021