COMMENT: Xi chooses prestigious Boao forum to position China in a conciliatory fashion.

COMMENT: How do we measure our well-being? The Govt has asked Treasury to find an answer.

COMMENT: Sometimes no doesn't mean no.

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: Many retired people are getting out of Auckland and really enjoying it.

COMMENT: The Cambridge Analytica controversy is like something from a dark sci-fi novel.

COMMENT: First-time credit card users often buy more than they can afford.

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.

No one stands to gain from a tit-for-tat trade war.

COMMENT:CPOs to become increasingly important with legal, business and financial skill set

COMMENT: Buying because it's a bargain is one of the many ways we delude ourselves.

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: Attitudes about climate change will change the world regardless of the science.