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.
Jehan Casinader: JEHAN CASINADER: Black lives matter – but changing your Facebook photo does not
My Facebook timeline is a sea of black. During the week, many of my friends posted photos of empty black squares, to express their anger at the brutal killing of Minneapolis man George Floyd.The idea of blacking out our social media pages came from two African-American music exe...
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Law & Regulation
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: We don’t need a Great Kiwi Firewall
When Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron teamed up a year ago for the Christchurch Call to tackle violent extremist content online, many were sceptical about her approach. The Prime Minister sought global consensus and common action on the problem. Many of the...
BusinessDesk: DAVID CHAPLIN: Fair’s not fair: why flawed law has finance fuming
Cody Cooper is right. Of the 50-odd submissions on the proposed new financial institution conduct legislation only his (or hers) is inarguably correct. The rest of the submitters can be roughly divided into two camps: those explicitly caught by the Financial Markets (...
Charles Finny: Is China Serious About Joining the CPTPP?
There has been some excitement in the region at news that China is open to consideration of membership of Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade and investment agreement.I advise caution.Superficial appeal At a superficial level a change in China’s official...
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