OPINION: Op shops must be the envy of their rival shopkeepers.

OPINION: Sir Michael Fay's High Court bid to block the $200 million sale of Crafar Farms to Chinese firm Shanghai Pengxin looks destined to fall flat.

OPINION: Producers and journalists may be jumping ship from TVNZ to TV3, but behind the scenes MediaWorks' owners are struggling to keep their boat afloat.

OPINION: If we want to grow our small businesses into big ones and have them stay here, the Government needs to do more than talk about its desire for that to happen.

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OPINION: Kiwibank should be cranked up to provide more competition to the Aussie-owned banks, which are making very healthy profit margins on both sides of the Tasman.

OPINION: If you're one of the three million New Zealanders who use Google every month, or have a Google Mail account, then it's likely you've been served up a privacy update from the Mountain View gang in the last week or so.

OPINION: Does DIY make financial sense?

OPINION: Are committees, team-building games, brainstorming sessions and meetings really that useful?

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OPINION: Air New Zealand's Rob Fyfe is not the only CEO to turn around a business, so why has he attracted the the ''rock star'' accolade?

OPINION: The Ports of Auckland workers dispute has been running since November and Chalkie says it's the union that needs to do some serious thinking.

OPINION: Barely a day goes by without another story of impending job losses.

OPINION: Council chief executives should have to keep rates affordable for all ratepayers in order to earn big paypackets.

OPINION: In all walks of life there are the people who have inquiring minds.

OPINION: There's an intriguing coincidence between the arrest of alleged global internet pirate Kim Dotcom and the imminent decision on the Shanghai Pengxin bid for the Crafar farms.

OPINION: If you've put on a few kg over the festive season then this article may not be to your taste - particularly if you're heading overseas for a holiday.

OPINION: Allegations of rainforest fibre in New Zealand toilet paper are a sideshow in a much wider environmental debate, writes Maria Slade.

OPINION: Want to know a secret? The vast bulk of our business leaders are not particularly bright.

OPINION: The new minister of science and innovation has a big job ahead to convince Kiwis that clever means not just clean, green and high-tech, but mining as well.

OPINION: Fonterra's announcement last week of a return to free milk in schools after a 44-year drought has sparked debate.

OPINION: The good, the bad, and the ugly were all on show in New Zealand's business scene in 2011.