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 a small business owner really wants
Policy Free

Sarah Chambers: What a small business owner really wants

I don't want to take lunch breaks from my staff, or need 90-day trials. 

Sarah Chambers 21 Oct 2020
ASB, CBA turn the screws on Abano as Calibre devalues

Jenny Ruth: ASB, CBA turn the screws on Abano as Calibre devalues

Whatever the Reserve Bank may want, Abano's interest costs have gone up.

Jenny Ruth 20 Oct 2020
Democracy now: the public sector needs to be reformed

Roger Dennis: Democracy now: the public sector needs to be reformed

Government spending dominates the economy. The incoming government should focus on public sector capability.

Roger Dennis 20 Oct 2020
BOTTOM LINE: Cannabis is almost always, inevitably, a losing proposition
Markets

Brent Melville: BOTTOM LINE: Cannabis is almost always, inevitably, a losing proposition

Investing in cannabis firms may be all the rage, but if history tells us anything, it's that losers will outweigh winners.

Brent Melville 20 Oct 2020