All Blacks legendary captain and captain of business Sir Wilson Whineray passed  away yesterday aged 77. Sir Wilson played 32 tests for New Zealand, and was captain in all but two of them. He rose to great heights in his business career chairing Carter Holt Harvey for a decade and also National Bank. Auckland International Airport chairman Joan Withers said today, …

Australia has a seat on the UN Security Council after an emphatic win in New York this week, and the key to Australia’s success in part was support from the African nations.  Now New Zealand is also campaigning for its own seat in 2015 so what does Australia’s success mean for our bid? Former New Zealand Ambassador to the UN …

For thirty years New Zealand has run a current account deficit, averaging around 5% of GDP.   To cover this cash outflow, New Zealanders have sold assets to, or borrowed from, foreigners.  As a result New Zealand’s net foreign liabilities are around 75% of GDP, a very high ratio by international standards. Despite recent years having enjoyed higher prices for our exports and …