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.
Orchards need pickers – policy isn't delivering them
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Cameron Bagrie: Orchards need pickers – policy isn't delivering them

The government needs to be taking account of the mobile workforce when talking about the reset for tourism. 

Cameron Bagrie 23 Mar 2021
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Trans-Tasman bubble: The game is on for market share
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David Mackenzie: Trans-Tasman bubble: The game is on for market share

The funding the Aussie airlines will receive, together with the financial position they already have, will give them frequency and pricing capability that will test Air New Zealand.

David Mackenzie 23 Mar 2021
Suddenly, life after covid is visible
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Pattrick Smellie: Suddenly, life after covid is visible

The ‘team of five million’ needs to ride again, in what will hopefully be a final push into a covid-free 2022.

Pattrick Smellie 22 Mar 2021
Can this government bring itself to raise ACC levies?
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Jenny Ruth: Can this government bring itself to raise ACC levies?

Buried in a report by ACC's actuaries are indications that ACC levies need to rise. 

Jenny Ruth 22 Mar 2021