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.
PATTRICK SMELLIE: Labour’s election recipe: cautious populism
Election 2020

Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Labour’s election recipe: cautious populism

Labour's tiny tax policy speaks volumes about presenting the smallest possible target in an election campaign it expects to win.

Pattrick Smellie 09 Sep 2020
Still far too much harm occurring at work: WorkSafe
Law & Regulation Free

Phil Parkes: Still far too much harm occurring at work: WorkSafe

NZ's poor health and safety performance is at risk of going backwards.

Phil Parkes 08 Sep 2020
TIM HAZLEDINE: What to do about Air NZ?

Tim Hazledine: TIM HAZLEDINE: What to do about Air NZ?

It was soon after six o’clock in the morning of Tuesday, September 24, 2004, and I was in the green room at Television New Zealand, desperate for a decent cup of coffee.  With me was Mr (later Sir) Ralph Norris, then the chief executive of Air New Zealand. We were both waiting to...

Tim Hazledine 07 Sep 2020