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.
Law & Regulation
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Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: NZME threatens govt with Bauer Mark 2
Today’s move by NZME to try to bully the government into urgently legislating to allow its rejected merger with Stuff may just work. That‘s because NZME and Stuff’s owner, Australian Nine Entertainment, are threatening a far larger, more politically damaging version of the ear...
Policy
Gavin Evans: GAVIN EVANS: Covid-19 and the cost of govt by slogan
The government opted for the “enormous negative effects” on the economy from a level 4 lockdown just three days after being told the country could stay under level 2 controls for up to a month. Events were moving fast in late March, but Cabinet advice dumped by the government...
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Economy
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: 5 things to watch for in the Budget
Amidst a welter of commentary about how momentous this Thursday’s Budget will be, how about this for a prediction? Prepare to be disappointed.
Law & Regulation
Victoria Young: VICTORIA YOUNG: Why the law firms are handing back wage subsidies
Major law firms who applied and then reversed decisions on government wage subsidies badly misread the public mood and will be remembered for it.
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