OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Regular payments needed for subsidyCan you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.08 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Recovery's still got a mountain to climbHere we are again, hearts in our mouths, as we watch an international commodity slump knock the shine off New Zealand's economic recovery.07 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionKym Niblock: Online TV a galloping force to take seriouslyThe article by Liam Dann in the Herald on August 25, "TV war not so fierce in real world", caught my eye.07 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Economic data will drive votersThe National Party's pitch for a third term boils down to the slogan: Don't mess with success.03 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Key must widen probeWas there a conspiracy to defeat the course of justice after the collapse of the Hanover Group of companies?02 Sep 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Reporting season reveals important truthsThe June 2014 reporting season is over, the results have been counted and analysed.29 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Seismic shift needed in perverse tax rulesHow's this for an anomaly: if a commercial property is munted in an earthquake, and maybe even kills someone, it gives rise to a tax deduction, but seismic strengthening work to reduce the risk of that happening does not.27 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Free-riding on emissions not an optionJust how far we still are from political consensus on climate policy was evident at a pre-election debate on the issue organised by Business New Zealand in Auckland on Tuesday.20 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Govt needs to change message on tribal dairy debateWhy are dairy prices falling? Well, if you read industry commentary from places like the United States and Europe they know who's to blame. It's us.03 Aug 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: US data crucial to the fate of kiwi dollarExporters can only hope that the economic news out of the United States this week will reinforce, or at least not reverse.30 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Changes in China offer us a prizeXi Jinping's version of what the move to the free market means China-style is said to come down to the "invisible hand of the market guided by the visible hand of Government".29 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: How to share and enjoy finance againI don't ever recall enjoying waiting in queues or arguing with a person behind a plexiglass panel about cheque clearance times.23 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Poverty Street not a lifetime addressIs poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.23 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwiSaver: Can I pay less than 3pc?I am not in Kiwisaver as I can't afford to lose the minimum 3 per cent from my wages.21 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Crises water off bull market's backThis bull market won't be stopped. As tragic and worrying as the big geo-political crises in the Ukraine and Gaza may be, they have failed to rattle Wall Street.20 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Rock-star economy needs plan if it's to lastOur addiction to debt could bring New Zealand's so-called rock star economy to a sudden halt, writes Brian Gaynor.18 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: High dollar masking picture of inflationThe sky high New Zealand dollar is painting a flattering picture of inflation.16 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Aussie media shake-up can reach to NZTwo key players in the Australian media space are sharing airtime this week - media titan Rupert Murdoch and investor Simon Marais.15 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionHelen TwoseKiwisaver: Can you buy first home in Oz?Generally speaking home buyers can dip into their funds after three years of joining KiwiSaver to buy their first home. But what if that home's in Australia?14 Jul 05:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Let's teach all our kids to codeImagine teaching every child in this country how to program a computer - from age 5. When you think about it, it is odd that we don't.13 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Housing costs show poverty gapOf all the ways of measuring income inequality and poverty the most instructive, surely, are those which take account of housing costs.09 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionInside Money: Bank planners under the coshThe parent of ASB Bank, has been slammed in a report tabled in the Australian senate for the behaviour of its financial planning arm.07 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: NZX on fire but 1987 it ain'tThe NZX hasn't been this busy since 1987. Awkward pause. Touch wood.06 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: ANZ changes name and fees for default Kiwisaver schemeAs well as the rebranding, ANZ has adjusted the OnePath default KiwiSaver scheme’s investment management style while jacking up fees.02 Jul 09:30 PM
OpinionBrian FallowBrian Fallow: Tax initiative sets Labour apartIf the Budget Bill English delivered in May was fiscally responsible and appropriately countercyclical.02 Jul 05:00 PM
OpinionInside Money: Why consumers rip off insurersWhile it's hard to summon up much sympathy for insurance companies, they also have a few justifiable complaints to make against their customers, writes David Chaplin.30 Jun 09:30 PM
OpinionLiam DannLiam Dann: Fizzing dollar threatens recoveryIt's all eyes on the dollar this week after the effervescent kiwi fizzed to within half a cent of a record high by 5pm Friday, writes Liam Dann.29 Jun 05:00 PM
OpinionBrian GaynorBrian Gaynor: Defeat for Hirepool is victory for investorsThe aborted Hirepool IPO is an extremely positive development for institutional and retail investors, writes Brian Gaynor.27 Jun 05:30 PM
