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.
More KiwiSaver please: Kernel dishes up another helping
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David Chaplin: More KiwiSaver please: Kernel dishes up another helping

Sharesies, the NZ version of Superhero or Stake, is widely expected to enter the KiwiSaver market at some point but Kernel has stolen a march on the pineapple people.

David Chaplin 06 Apr 2022
NZX's $1.2 billion Air NZ conundrum
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Frances Cook: NZX's $1.2 billion Air NZ conundrum

The first day of Air NZ rights trading resembled a learner driving "bunny-hopping" around a carpark.

Frances Cook 05 Apr 2022
America's Cup venue: fact or fiction
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Jim Farmer: America's Cup venue: fact or fiction

Jim Farmer QC finds the reasons given for abandoning Auckland as a venue for the America's Cup ... unconvincing.

Jim Farmer 05 Apr 2022
Frailty – a hidden health system driver
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Ian Powell: Frailty – a hidden health system driver

Both the prevalence and complexity of frailty make it a health system issue including as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patients.

Ian Powell 05 Apr 2022