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.
What if RMA reform still leaves everybody angry?

Pattrick Smellie: What if RMA reform still leaves everybody angry?

The RMA has been a thorn in government's sides for 30 years. Good luck in unravelling it.

Pattrick Smellie 25 Jan 2021
A robust property market is healthy — this isn't

Cameron Bagrie: A robust property market is healthy — this isn't

A doubling in prices from the end of 2019 would mean a median sale price in Auckland above $1,750,000 by 2026.

Cameron Bagrie 25 Jan 2021
Spark Sport, Silver Lake and control of NZ sport

Brian Gaynor: Spark Sport, Silver Lake and control of NZ sport

Do our sporting leaders have sufficient commercial skills to make important strategic business decisions?

Brian Gaynor 23 Jan 2021
Govt wiggles on housing hook
Coronavirus

Pattrick Smellie: Govt wiggles on housing hook

The dominance of covid-19 as an issue is covering the government's threadbare initial response this year to the housing affordability crisis.

Pattrick Smellie 21 Jan 2021