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.
BRIAN GAYNOR: A gruelling week for big tech companies
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Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: A gruelling week for big tech companies

Tech giants Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook were under the microscope this week.

Brian Gaynor 31 Jul 2020
JANE CLIFTON: Swirl-o-meter meets the Brow of Mirth
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Jane Clifton: JANE CLIFTON: Swirl-o-meter meets the Brow of Mirth

To ask for parties to cut the cackle and state their policies, as many voters have plaintively done after our recent political sleaze-a-thon, is the surest way to summon the Aesopian curse of being careful what one wishes for.The fug of personal scandals did finally clear this we...

Jane Clifton 31 Jul 2020
NEIL HOLDOM: Are there cheaper low-carbon options than pumped storage?
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Neil Holdom: NEIL HOLDOM: Are there cheaper low-carbon options than pumped storage?

News our government will explore a potential multi-billion dollar pumped hydro facility at Lake Onslow is a welcome sign we are moving beyond rhetoric and into options analysis as NZ Inc seeks a prudent way forward in an era of rapid change and significant uncertainty.While there...

Neil Holdom 30 Jul 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Getting in first to control artificial intelligence
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Getting in first to control artificial intelligence

A couple of years ago, when Microsoft saw growing public unease over use of facial recognition for surveillance in the United States, it set out on a mission to have it regulated.It kicked off an effort in Olympia, the capital of Washington State where Microsoft is based, to intr...

Peter Griffin 30 Jul 2020