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.
Giving money to gangs is a risky business
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Jehan Casinader: Giving money to gangs is a risky business

Nobody likes gangs, but when the police, the prison service and the social services ministry all back funding a gang programme to tackle drug abuse, it's worth asking why.

Jehan Casinader 17 Jul 2021
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The greatest wealth transfer in history
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Brian Gaynor: The greatest wealth transfer in history

About $1.15 trillion is set to be transferred from baby boomers to younger generations. What will generation X and millennials do with their inheritances?

Brian Gaynor 17 Jul 2021
Time to show local government the ‘rabbit’
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Pattrick Smellie: Time to show local government the ‘rabbit’

Is today the day that the government hopes to show local government leaders why the hotly contested three waters reforms will be worth their while?

Pattrick Smellie 15 Jul 2021
The logical endgame for Microsoft Windows
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Peter Griffin: The logical endgame for Microsoft Windows

For decades, the core of Microsoft’s business has involved physically getting its operating system onto billions of computers around the world.

Peter Griffin 15 Jul 2021