ANALYSIS: Their companies have performed spectacularly on ASX over the past year, and shares surged when shooting war started in Iran. A big sell-off, however, leaves a question mark over whether 2026 will be the ‘year of the drone’.
ANALYSIS: There can be good reasons to trust your adviser to make portfolio decisions on your behalf. But you can’t totally avoid responsibility.
ANALYSIS: A history of prison labour in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
ANALYSIS: The paucity of guidance is not too surprising when companies are staring into the unknown.
ANALYSIS: National’s tax policy has prompted plenty of debate.
ANALYSIS: After 150 years, the institution is failing in its primary purpose and short-changing its own customers.
ANALYSIS: Chris Hipkins has to give supporters a reason to vote for Labour.
ANALYSIS: ... pointing to a structural Chinese slowdown?
ANALYSIS: With ‘Managing the Human Dimension of Disasters’ author Kjell Brataas.
ANALYSIS: New Zealand and Australia feel the freeze from dwindling Chinese demand.