John Drinnan: Playing games v current affairs
Commonwealth Games is no excuse for TVNZ decision to drop regular content.
Commonwealth Games is no excuse for TVNZ decision to drop regular content.
For decades, wage and salary earners have been getting a smaller bite of the economic pie
COMMENT: Transport package gets show back on road.
COMMENT: Why do schools have to pay for iPads and Chromebooks though?
New targets will probably make no difference to the Reserve Bank's interest rate calls.
COMMENT: It's timely none-the-less to give some thought to what to do with the extra cash.
COMMENT: Taking stock, the first quarter has already delivered a year's worth of news.
COMMENT: Broadcasting Minister clearly breached basic Cabinet rule.
COMMENT: Many retired people are getting out of Auckland and really enjoying it.
COMMENT: Banks are the lifeblood of the domestic economy.
COMMENT: Cambridge Analytica mess will change how people think about and use social media.
COMMENT: Having this Kiwi in Trump Administration is unlikely to do New Zealand any harm.
COMMENT: Wesfarmers is hoping bigger isn't always better.
COMMENT: Loans are so easy to get - and then it all collapses.
COMMENT: House prices in Auckland aren't soaring any more but that doesn't solve problem.
COMMENT: Australia should be enlisting Ardern in the fight against a trade war.
COMMENT: Whatever many people may believe, NZ bank deposits are not guaranteed.
COMMENT:US trade drama has overshadowed important changes in China that we need to digest.
Planned law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have widespread economic impact.
COMMENT: The real political battles this year won't involve the Opposition.
COMMENT: The real secrets of successful budgeting aren't about crunching the numbers.
COMMENT: How good was oversight before insurer's problems appeared?
COMMENT: Nepal chaos points to getting IP networks going rather than phones being the key.
COMMENT: New Zealanders are making mistakes with their KiwiSaver funds.
COMMENT: A combo with Collins would also be stronger than any other permutation.
COMMENT: Crafty ways to use credit cards to your advantage.
COMMENT: Attitudes about climate change will change the world regardless of the science.
COMMENT: Lack of past mistakes left chairman ill-equipped when things went wrong.
Fewer elderly people own their homes, and that's a recipe for poverty among the over-65s.