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.
Who is Chris Liddell?

Brian Gaynor: Who is Chris Liddell?

Brian Gaynor was there when Chris Liddell began the spectacular climb up the corporate ladder in NZ that would eventually lead to a senior role in the Trump White House.

Brian Gaynor 16 Jan 2021
Do you really need to read this column?

Jehan Casinader: Do you really need to read this column?

In 2021, each of us is drinking from an information firehose, and our bladders are about to burst.

Jehan Casinader 16 Jan 2021
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