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.
Looking Back on the BNZ: My response

Rob Campbell: Looking Back on the BNZ: My response

Campbell says all the statements he made on behalf of BNZ were in accord with the decisions of the board.

Rob Campbell 10 May 2021
Labour: How to lose friends and infuriate people
Politics Free

Pattrick Smellie: Labour: How to lose friends and infuriate people

Labour won its 2020 majority on its covid response. As its second term ticks past the six-month mark, the government is disappointing a lot of different constituencies.

Pattrick Smellie 10 May 2021
Value estimations and fighting the last war
Markets

Jenny Ruth: Value estimations and fighting the last war

Accounting rules requiring banks and other companies to include changes in value in their results have created a helter-skelter financial world. 

Jenny Ruth 10 May 2021
Goodwill: What is it good for?
Finance Free

Amir Ghandar and Matthew Pinnuck: Goodwill: What is it good for?

It's time to rethink how goodwill is treated in balance sheets to reflect the reality that it doesn't last forever.