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
Victoria Young: VICTORIA YOUNG: Baldwins, AJ Park and the decline of the patent lawyer
The folding of Baldwins into AJ Park is a symptom of a much bigger problem for New Zealand's innovation economy - the decline of the local patent attorney.
Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: Jonesy's political log-jam
Hectic weather gets the blame, but it seems eerily possible Tolaga Bay’s latest avalanche of forestry debris is a manifestation of Shane Jones’s furious row with the titans of logging.
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook ad boycott - a turning point?
Earlier this week, I watched an argument play out over Twitter about Bill Foley, the American billionaire who has bought up a number of New Zealand’s best-loved vineyards in recent years. A San Francisco Chronicle reporter, looking through the US political donations register, not...
Economy
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Holding APEC online - does it matter?
Aucklanders won't have their traffic made even more chaotic for a week by switching APEC hosting duties online.
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