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.
NZ's housing crisis worsens; govt options limited

Jenny Ruth: NZ's housing crisis worsens; govt options limited

The latest figures show the housing market has been having a "summer scorcher" with little let-up in sight.

Jenny Ruth 12 Mar 2021
Economically sound, socially acceptable – the climate transition challenge

Jo Hendy: Economically sound, socially acceptable – the climate transition challenge

The Climate Change Commission's Jo Hendy addresses sceptical reactions to its calculations suggesting climate change action is surprisingly affordable.

Jo Hendy 12 Mar 2021
Let’s not kill the broadband golden goose

Peter Griffin: Let’s not kill the broadband golden goose

Can you imagine how the shift to remote working sparked by the pandemic would have gone without the UFB?

Peter Griffin 11 Mar 2021
From cover-girl to rip-off: A real story of Melissa Caddick

David Chaplin: From cover-girl to rip-off: A real story of Melissa Caddick

How I know the Aussie fraudster whose severed foot turned up in a shoe on a NSW beach last month.

David Chaplin 10 Mar 2021