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.
Heartland confounds the doubters with profit upgrade
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Jenny Ruth: Heartland confounds the doubters with profit upgrade

Heartland is continuing a tradition of delivering on its promises.

Jenny Ruth 11 May 2021
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Fonterra great? It can barely afford to be ordinary
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Peter Fraser: Fonterra great? It can barely afford to be ordinary

Now just shy of its 20th birthday, long gone are the notions of Fonterra ever being ‘New Zealand’s Nokia’.

Peter Fraser 11 May 2021
Looking Back on the BNZ: My response
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Rob Campbell: Looking Back on the BNZ: My response

Campbell says all the statements he made on behalf of BNZ were in accord with the decisions of the board.

Rob Campbell 10 May 2021
Labour: How to lose friends and infuriate people
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Pattrick Smellie: Labour: How to lose friends and infuriate people

Labour won its 2020 majority on its covid response. As its second term ticks past the six-month mark, the government is disappointing a lot of different constituencies.

Pattrick Smellie 10 May 2021