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.
JANE CLIFTON: A Time for Impossible Things
Opinion

Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: A Time for Impossible Things

“Sorry, democracy: please stay on the line. Your call is important to us, but you’re no longer first in the queue.”

Jane Clifton 14 Aug 2020
DAVID CHAPLIN: Last drinks for the PGF
Opinion

David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Last drinks for the PGF

That’s it. The Provincial Growth Fund party is over.

David Chaplin 14 Aug 2020
ERIC CRAMPTON: Better border practices our best line of defence
Opinion

Eric Crampton: ERIC CRAMPTON: Better border practices our best line of defence

Even with the best of practices at the border, eventually something will get through. And something now has.

Eric Crampton 13 Aug 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Tracing tech still running to catch up
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Tracing tech still running to catch up

We should have gone back into our state of covid-19 lockdown with an effective digital contact tracing technology in place.

Peter Griffin 12 Aug 2020