OPINION: Fletcher Building's "pompous old farts" will be having the last laugh.

COMMENT: Rob Cameron is one of the unsung heroes of the New Zealand capital markets.

What is the right form of news media ownership for our small democracy?

COMMENT: Asian giant could help with infrastructure, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

COMMENT: Warm relationship will be a plus with trade talks to hammer out.

China is proving a counter-balance to Donald Trump's protectionist sentiments.

COMMENT: Want to know what's going on in NZ's external affairs? Ask Australia.

Mt Albert MP is already a political celebrity. Now she has to look like a leader in waiting.

COMMENT: The $80,000 bill for a Trump Inauguration Gala was money well spent.

COMMENT: Trump presidency will dominate talks between the New Zealand and Australian prime ministers, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

US tech billionaire Peter Thiel got his New Zealand citizenship fair and square, under what is a legal exception to the rules, says Fran O'Sullivan.

COMMENT: Jon Voight adds the star factor to event studded with Trump insiders.

COMMENT: The new game in Washington DC will be about "balanced trade", not free trade.

COMMENT: Does Donald Trump really want to be the President?

COMMENT: Israel faces an international backlash but NZ has much to learn about innovation from the plucky nation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

COMMENT: With TPP supporters in Trump's Cabinet, trade deals may still have life.

COMMENT: Steven Joyce is betting that President Donald Trump will turn out to be "more orthodox" than people think.

COMMENT: Phil Goff wants funding to ease commuter congestion but will the new PM take a step that could turn off voters?

COMMENT: John Key tries to smooth fears of a rising tide of US protectionism.

COMMENT: It's time New Zealand dropped its famed "number eight wire" mentality and "she'll be right" attitude.

COMMENT: Key and his cohorts face a rethink on the Government's fiscal priorities to allow for another significant rebuild.

COMMENT: Auditor-General's findings are a scathing assessment of the lack of transparency, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

COMMENT: NZ and Australia launch combined effort to boost infrastructure.

COMMENT: My lunch guest was the alleged fraudster at the heart of the expired milk products scam, Fran O'Sullivan writes.

COMMENT: Migration, housing moves aim to ease fears that the system is rigged.

COMMENT: Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has a message: "Get out and speak about...

COMMENT: Chief executives understand need to intervene to cool property market, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

COMMENT: Trump has turned international trade into a political minefield with his opposition to agreements like the TPP.

COMMENT: It is still too early for Fonterra's top brass to perform a victory roll.

COMMENT: Aussies don't muck about when it comes to probing the cause of high-profile collapses - neither should we.