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.
Is it time to end the Fonterra fund experiment?

Paul McBeth: Is it time to end the Fonterra fund experiment?

Would anyone even miss the Fonterra fund?

Paul McBeth 19 Mar 2021
Urban design: A new form of healthcare?
Property Free

Alistair Ray and Ben van Bruggen: Urban design: A new form of healthcare?

Our cities are planned to grow. We have the choice of what we want this to be like.

We need bold, brave action to end this housing crisis
Property Free

Julie Anne Genter: We need bold, brave action to end this housing crisis

While New Zealand continues to struggle with a housing crisis, Green MP Julie Anne Genter says the government has the power to make housing affordable.

Why internet filtering laws are a terrible idea
Technology

Peter Griffin: Why internet filtering laws are a terrible idea

Allowing the government to decide what you can see on the Internet through mandatory filtering is not only Orwellian. It also won't work.

Peter Griffin 18 Mar 2021