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.
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Primary Sector
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Paul McBeth: OPINION: Fonterra's farmers need a watchdog they can trust
Fonterra’s top brass should be feeling a little chipper as they pull up to Invercargill’s ILT Stadium for today’s annual meeting.Not only have global dairy prices gone up in the last four Global Dairy Trade auctions, but the cooperative, its governance, and its capital structure...
Economy
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Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: The China-NZ FTA upgrade - why now?
Over Labour weekend, a Chinese naval vessel sailed through Cook Strait and spent the weekend tied up in Wellington harbour.Last week, the government issued a new defence policy paper that - unlike a similar document last year - was shorn of overt references to China's aggressive...
Infrastructure
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Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: An alternative view on the crucifixion of Phil Twyford
Phil Twyford just can't win.From the right to the left of the political spectrum, the hapless Transport, Urban Development, Economic Development and former Housing minister is assailed by critics who say it's time he was dumped from Cabinet altogether.His string of travails has m...
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