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 NZ Rugby being sold a dummy or catching a miracle pass?

Paul McBeth: Is NZ Rugby being sold a dummy or catching a miracle pass?

The manoeuvring for position is on as NZ Rugby tries to get a solid proposal for its members to vote on later this month.

Paul McBeth 02 Apr 2021
Six things to help fix the building timber shortage
Primary Sector

Pattrick Smellie: Six things to help fix the building timber shortage

NZ's construction timber sector is remarkably protected from offshore competition while building regulations raise prices and kill new ideas.

Pattrick Smellie 02 Apr 2021
Will 'hyperscalers' steal Spark's spark?
Technology

Peter Griffin: Will 'hyperscalers' steal Spark's spark?

The growth of cloud services is a double-edged sword for Spark. 

Peter Griffin 01 Apr 2021
Writer's block? Get a robot to write instead
Finance

David Chaplin: Writer's block? Get a robot to write instead

Robots are moving from giving financial advice to writing financial analysis. How soon before they can read their own reports for you?

David Chaplin 31 Mar 2021