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Pattrick Smellie: Changing times and policy use-by dates
From RMA reform to think big energy projects

Fran O'Sullivan: Business needs Jacinda Ardern to use trust wisely
COMMENT: Why are rugby players allowed in, when businesses can't get skilled workers?

Michael Cullen: National trapped on a highway to the past
COMMENT: Future is more than just cars - but Collins & co seem to have missed the memo.

Mary Holm: Don't let the family trust create a family feud
COMMENT: Will law changes force you to tell family members what they will inherit?

Brian Fallow: Lake Onslow hydro storage scheme is no pipe dream
$30m is worth paying to investigate scheme that would help decarbonise energy.

Ben Kepes: Imagine if we didn't need a charity to provide kids with raincoats
Far better that parents can have the jobs that earn them the money to buy warm clothes.

Liam Dann: Why gold is looking like the new Bitcoin
Gold fever is back as prices close in on US$2000 an ounce. What's driving it?

Grant Bradley: The travel heavyweights the Government will struggle to ignore
COMMENT: Most in the sector fit into category of viable but vulnerable worth supporting.

Victoria Young: How director insurance post-Mainzeal has changed
Fewer insurers are providing director liability cover and the price has gone up.

Christopher Niesche: Battered Aussies eye NZ covid strategy
Thoughts of an economic recovery in Australia are a long way off.

Craig Hudson: How small businesses can get us through economic downturn
COMMENT: The recovery of small businesses is instrumental to NZ's economic recovery.

Sasha Borissenko: Inappropriate behaviour - We prefer to give it a pass
COMMENT: You have to question New Zealand's workplace culture.

Paul Spain: Making NZ a tech industry safe haven
COMMENT: Let's invite the world's leading technology firms to establish hubs here.

Liam Dann: Elections suck, but the stakes are too high to let it this time
Let's not let this election to be about scandal. We need economic transformation.

Oliver Mander: At The Warehouse, there's even more change in store
COMMENT: Reforms are driving good results, but it must keep investing in change.

Fran O'Sullivan: Never mind the election, there's a Covid-19 recovery to focus on
COMMENT: As frustration builds, politicians are too busy worrying about their own future.

Steven Joyce: Show an open door to international students
COMMENT: Keeping international students out will mean staff and service cuts next year.

Fran O'Sullivan: China ready to push ahead on Pacific trade
Feted journalist says Covid reaffirms need to strengthen multilateral ties.

Bruce Cotterill: Sometimes we need to remind our customers that we're there
Who knows, your business might even thrive as a result.

Michael Cullen: Collins leads a reality TV show party - here's what's facing NZ
The task now is to look to the future, not to mourn inevitable closure.

Fran O'Sullivan: Collins grabs the reins and starts riding hard
Bold transport plan has already demonstrated the difference between Labour and National.

Pattrick Smellie: Walking the line between China and the US
September's election winner will face the same challenge: Staying onside with two rivals.

The ex-files: Should I be a trustee for my friend's trust?
What to know about becoming a trustee.

Brian Fallow: Looking for confidence in the wake of Covid-19
Despite a more positive tone lately, businesses and consumers remain far from confident.

Comment: Politics in the way of Air NZ cash call
Air New Zealand is ready to raise cash, but politics may be getting in the way.

Ben Kepes: Buying an NZ clothing company, one year on
I've been thinking about running ultramarathons and their parallels in business.

Gavin Evans: Smelter jobs sacrificed to confused energy policy
It would be laughable if it wasn't so shameful.

Global stimulus is running out before Covid-19 has been defeated
Wall St being held aloft by a handful of tech giants but debt markets are flashing red.