Corporate Newsroom How do you solve a problem like plastic? To help cut carbon emissions, ecostore is creating tiny carbon sinks with its plastic bottles made from sugar cane. Jun 05 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom A taste of Newsroom Pro from Budget day Newsroom Pro is our subscription news service for people in business and government. Here’s a taste of what it sent to subscribers on Budget day. May 22 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment Biggest missed opportunity in a generation Grant Robertson’s first Budget did exactly what he said it would on the tin, but it was also the biggest missed opportunity in a generation, Bernard Hickey argues. May 19 2018 Bernard Hickey
News Bernard Hickey: Budget tighter than it looks Grant Robertson’s first Budget delivers extra health, education and housing spending, but keeps within key debt and surplus rules. It looks bigger than it is. May 17 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom More belt-tightening ahead of Budget Despite a bigger than expected Budget surplus, the Government has not increased its capital expenditure plans. May 10 2018 Bernard Hickey and Shane Cowlishaw
News Auckland light rail gets green light Cabinet has agreed to launch a procurement process to build two light rail lines from Auckland’s CBD to the airport and to Northwest Auckland. May 09 2018 Thomas Coughlan and Bernard Hickey
boardroom Regulators demand urgent bank response Regulators launch urgent inquisition into big four Australian-owned banks. Bernard Hickey introduces the full letter demanding results within 2 weeks. May 04 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment Help the old bomb owners this time A ‘feebate’ scheme to incentivise low emissions vehicles would hurt poorer workers who use old and heavy cars. They should be compensated, Bernard Hickey argues. May 01 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment Carbon price may have to rise ten fold Drivers and farmers will face big changes if New Zealand is to become carbon neutral. Apr 27 2018 Bernard Hickey
environment Ardern strikes drilling compromise Labour has stopped issuing new offshore drilling permits, but will keep issuing new onshore permits and will let existing ones run for decades. Bernard Hickey reports. Apr 12 2018 Bernard Hickey and Shane Cowlishaw
Comment The case to borrow and invest Comment: Labour should respond to AKL’s man-made disaster the same way National responded to CHCH’s natural disaster. Apr 10 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment A rail Government vs a motorway Opposition The Government just made its politically riskiest move, Bernard Hickey writes. It announced a surprise tax hike that will make provincial drivers help pay for new rail lines in Auckland. Apr 04 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom Horse whisperers hard at work Adrian Orr and Grant Robertson were careful to ensure their talk of monetary policy reforms didn’t scare the horses in the economy. Bernard Hickey analyses the reforms. Mar 28 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom Takeover activity up again to decade high Takeover activity on the NZX rose for the fourth consecutive year in 2017 to the highest level in a decade. Bell Gully Partner James Cooney looks at the trends. Mar 26 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom The Spierings-Wilson era no great success Theo Spierings and John Wilson ran Fonterra as a double act for six years. Now Spierings is going and Wilson faces an awkward re-election. Their legacy is not great, writes Bernard Hickey. Mar 23 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment Why a land tax is the best tax reform Wealth is now vastly owned by older property owners. Bernard Hickey argues for a land tax to unscrew the scrum. Mar 22 2018 Bernard Hickey
Comment The political maths of tax is shifting Our biggest political assumption is that a capital gains tax is an electoral non-starter. Bernard Hickey argues a growing number of young voters may change that. Mar 21 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom Our economically cancerous addiction Our tax settings mean property investors are being rational when they plough their savings into homes and gear them up with debt. Mar 20 2018 Bernard Hickey
boardroom Minister for Everything steps down A week after a poor showing in National’s leadership contest, Steven Joyce has announced he will retire from politics. Mar 06 2018 Bernard Hickey and Thomas Coughlan
boardroom A taste of Newsroom Pro Newsroom Pro is Newsroom’s twin publication - an online subscription news service based in Wellington, reporting on politics and the economy via Parliament and the Beehive. Feb 28 2018 Bernard Hickey
