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.
Policy
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Fault and blame for the light rail failure: so many targets
"Good news," claimed the Twitter account of the Greater Auckland blog after the announcement that the Auckland light rail bid has come to the end of the line in its current form. The blog's authors have been both big supporters of light rail and shrewd commentators on the way...
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Backdoor listing No. 8 - Chris Castle
Chris Castle, who has been involved with NZX companies for nearly 45 years, is participating in another complex backdoor listing.This time he is asking Aorere Resources shareholders to approve the reverse acquisition of Queensland based All Industrial Networks Limited. The virtua...
Finance
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David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Investment games: why everyone is playing, or played
The death of a day-trader in the US last week set the ball rolling on a serious debate about an old game played with new tricks.
Jehan Casinader: JEHAN CASINADER: Why are our key sectors struggling to attract talent?
On a chilly autumn evening in 2013, I walked into a pub in Central Otago. I had spent the day filming a TV story about a wonderful community of Filipino dairy farm workers who were putting down roots in the area.At the bar, a European local – who was quick to spot a city-slicker...
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