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.
When corporations decide what speech is free

Peter Bale: When corporations decide what speech is free

When does the role of private corporations in limiting free speech become more dangerous than the harmful utterances they seek to extinguish? 

Peter Bale 15 Jan 2021
New Zealand and the Asia–Pacific decade

Alan Bollard: New Zealand and the Asia–Pacific decade

Former APEC Secretariat head Alan Bollard reflects on NZ's year 'holding the pen' on the agenda for APEC in the midst of a pandemic and new geo-political tensions.

Alan Bollard 15 Jan 2021
Why KiwiSaver schemes keep multiplying

David Chaplin: Why KiwiSaver schemes keep multiplying

The number of New Zealanders joining KiwiSaver schemes is slowing down, but the range of scheme options continues to grow.

David Chaplin 13 Jan 2021
Passive funds having a massive impact on NZX
Markets

Brian Gaynor: Passive funds having a massive impact on NZX

Meridian and Contact Energy shares have boomed from inclusion in globally 'hot' clean energy index funds. How long can it last?

Brian Gaynor 12 Jan 2021