Economy and society

A glass half full

Sustainability policies can provide opportunities as well as mitigate risks.

• Climate change
• ESG
• Long-termism

Open for business

What can the UK’s experience of living with covid-19 tell us about New Zealand in 2022?

• Covid-19

Vaccination – a passport to normality?

New Zealand’s vaccination regime is not going to get business back to usual, says immunologist Professor Graham Le Gros.

• Covid-19

Balanced vaccination policies

Jeremy Sole MInstD explains how Etco - the Electrical Training Company arrived at its vaccination policies

• Covid-19

The test of pandemic preparedness

Without global change, the experience of the past 18 months is likely to be repeated.

• Covid-19
• Crisis management
• Human rights

Global talent pool

Google New Zealand Country Director Caroline Rainsford muses on the opportunities – and risks – to the tech sector of borders reopening.

• Covid-19
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Talent

The bonfire of the currencies

Two recent books by renowned economists have set the stage for today’s great debate over the future of money in a digital age.

The G20’s historic opportunity

Governments must abandon the toxic nationalism that has so far stood in the way of a sufficient global response to the pandemic.

• Covid-19
• Crisis management