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.
Does a cash-splashing government need RBNZ support?
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Cameron Bagrie: Does a cash-splashing government need RBNZ support?

The government is spending a lot more money than the Reserve Bank factored into the February Monetary Policy Statement.

Cameron Bagrie 25 May 2021
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Power prices, carbon emissions and a post-industrial NZ
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Pattrick Smellie: Power prices, carbon emissions and a post-industrial NZ

High power prices are costing jobs but will also drive down carbon emissions from big emitter industries. 

Pattrick Smellie 24 May 2021
We should put an end to the Fonterra millionaires factory
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Jenny Ruth: We should put an end to the Fonterra millionaires factory

Paying people well for delivering results is one thing, but Fonterra is squandering millions on executives while delivering worsening returns.

Jenny Ruth 24 May 2021
Looking Back: BNZ Part 4: Capital Markets, Fay, Richwhite & the bank
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Brian Gaynor: Looking Back: BNZ Part 4: Capital Markets, Fay, Richwhite & the bank

Michael Fay and David Richwhite's Capital Markets had many interesting dealings with the Bank of New Zealand in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Brian Gaynor 22 May 2021