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1 week ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Rebecca Howard |Victoria Young
By Rolfe WinklerPlanes filled with iPhones have been leaving the Chennai airport in southern India for months, a last-ditch effort by Apple to delay a tariff calamity.When President Trump last week ignited a trade war, it was clear that Apple could be hit hardest.
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1 week ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Rebecca Howard |Victoria Young
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiative has sparked global debate about balancing disruptive reform with sustainable public sector innovation. In a panel discussion on The Business of Tech, experts Rob Campbell, Ben Reid, and Paul Quickenden critiqued Musk’s approach while proposing alternative strategies for New Zealand to drive efficiency in government while harnessing technologies like blockchain and AI.
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1 week ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Simon Robertson |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin |Alan Bollard
Decisional conflict: a psychological state characterised by uncertainty, discomfort, or tension that arises when an individual faces a decision, particularly one involving complex, high-stakes or value-laden options. That sounds a lot like a Brick Top (Alan Ford) speech from the 2000 movie, Snatch. You will either get it, or you won’t. The language is a bit colourful to provide links here.Where are we atAs I write (Thursday morning in New Zealand), the world’s largest index is -15% from its highs.
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2 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Victoria Young |Rebecca Stevenson |John Anthony
Microsoft is marking its 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades since Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded what would become one of the world's largest technology companies. In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, Vanessa Sorenson, managing director of Microsoft New Zealand, reflects on the company's journey and its vision for the future.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Rebecca Stevenson
In this week’s episode of The Business of Tech, Sarah Box, a digital policy specialist at the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), shares insights from her three-month Harkness Fellowship in the United States examining artificial intelligence (AI) policy direction.Box observed a stark contrast between the approaches of the Trump and Biden administrations to AI as she visited the US during the 2024 presidential election.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Deb Te Kawa |Andrew Body |Peter Griffin |David Chaplin
Minister for the Public Service Judith Collins is right. The public service needs a reset.The number of public servants has grown significantly since 2017, yet few would argue that services have improved.The Government’s just-announced move to amend the Public Service Act 2020 is well-judged.New Zealanders expect public service to deliver better results with the resources it has, but at the moment, it isn’t.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Peter Griffin |Andrew Body |David Chaplin |Dileepa Fonseka
The debut of ChatGPT back in November 2022 didn’t just mainstream artificial intelligence. It co-opted the freemium and subscription models that had already proven integral to the rise of cloud computing platforms and software as a service.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Dileepa Fonseka |Simon Robertson |Cameron Bagrie |Peter Griffin
There was an audible groan along Shortland Street and Lambton Quay last week when the Government unveiled its plans to reform the Resource Management Act. The groan is perhaps best summed up in four words: Here we go again.Or as Russell McVeagh’s lawyers put it in a note, the proposed Resource Management Act (RMA) changes mark the “return of the RMA reform roundabout”.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Oliver Lewis |Peter Griffin |Ben Moore
By Ann-Marie AlcántaraApril Little’s rise to internet stardom began three years ago with a post about layoffs and recruitment services.People who lose their jobs in high-profile cuts, she wrote, often get showered with offers for help at the expense of millions of others who have been out of work for longer. “Do they need a big event or company tied to them to get recognition?” she asked.
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3 weeks ago | 
businessdesk.co.nz | Simon Robertson |Cameron Bagrie |Peter Griffin |Brian Robins
"Okay, God, you want me to talk to you? Please send me a sign!" This is a quote from the movie Bruce Almighty, which features Jim Carrey as the lead. It’s a solid 8/10. After he yells this into his steering wheel, a truck full of literal signs (Stop, Yield, Wrong way, Dead end, etc.) pulls in front of him. He dismisses it, saying: "What’s with this guy? Can’t he see I’m in the middle of something here?!"I sometimes feel people in the investment space react to the markets in this way: the sig...
