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.
REBECCA STEVENSON: We must test for covid before travel
Policy

Rebecca Stevenson: REBECCA STEVENSON: We must test for covid before travel

The latest outbreak in Auckland, and resulting lockdown, shows how perilous our covid-free endeavour really is.

DAVID  CHAPLIN: Is greed speech the next financial firefight?

David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Is greed speech the next financial firefight?

Financial services should aspire to the trust the community places in this country's firefighters, ASIC chair James Shipton says.

David Chaplin 18 Aug 2020
PATTRICK SMELLIE: PM hands election date baton to Electoral Commission
Election 2020

Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: PM hands election date baton to Electoral Commission

Having spent the weekend judging the political mood, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has taken the conservative option.

Pattrick Smellie 17 Aug 2020
JENNY RUTH: When do directors get too long in the tooth?

Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: When do directors get too long in the tooth?

Don Braid takes the issue personally, saying complaints that some directors have sat too long on Mainfreight's board to remain independent is "a slight on the individual sitting around the table," he told BusinessDesk after last month's annual shareholders' meeting. Braid, the...

Jenny Ruth 17 Aug 2020