Opinion
The biggest workplace distractions
By JAMES ADONIS
OPINION: Attention deficit disorder (ADD) has a cousin penetrating the workplace and it is ODD, or rather, office distraction disorder. A survey released this week by recruitment firm, Robert Walters, revealed the top five office distractions disrupting our focus. The results will make you smile – or squirm.
What’s the score?
By ANDREW VINCENT
OPINION: The great thing about sport is that there is some sort of scoring system that lets you know who is winning and who is losing. Of course with having a score you also get the anguish, excitement, exhilaration and disappointment that goes with it.
National ensures industrial relations remains big point of difference
By PETER CULLEN
OPINION: Helen Kelly, the president of the Council of Trade Unions, wrote to the prime minister this week announcing what The Dominion Post called "a divorce between unions and the government". The letter was prompted by the announcement of legislative change by the National Government in the employment law area.
Movie industry sees problem, not opportunity
By LANCE WIGGS
OPINION: I was lucky enough to make an oral submission at the commerce select committee last week. Lucky because for the first time I got to participate in the law-making process, and I have to say it's an excellent one.
Monetary policy just one lever
By PATTRICK SMELLIE
OPINION: Yesterday's official cash rate (OCR) hike was the kind of back-handed good news that only a central bank can deliver.
Bollard sticks to OCR script
By TIM HUNTER
OPINION: Currency markets are wrong, says Alan Bollard. New Zealand's economy isn't as strong as they think and there was no reason for the kiwi dollar to gain US4c against the greenback in the last four weeks.
Is customer service a thing of the past?
By TONY FEATHERSTONE
OPINION: Has there ever been a better opportunity for small retailers to prosper through great service?
Getting older
By PATTRICK SMELLIE
OPINION: For as long as I can remember, there's been national angst over what to do about superannuation.
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Consumers, internet and courts in clash
By MIKE O'DONNELL
OPINION: The seven deadly sins have provided a pretty useful guide to making money from the internet. Envy has been a big driver to most of the big car websites, while wrath is a key component to much of the blogosphere.
Time for statutory management at SCF
CHALKIE
OPINION: If Chalkie's estimates are right that parent company Southbury Finance is effectively worthless, the Government should place South Canterbury Finance into statutory management.
Jubilant greenies go one up
VIEWPOINT
By TERRY HALL
OPINION: Greenies are cock-a- hoop after an easy 1-nil win in the first match in the series in which the combined Government- mining team had sought to investigate the mining potential of parts of the conservation estate.
Hurunui decision signals willingness to try harder
By PATTRICK SMELLIE
OPINION: The Greens over-reached themselves this week by claiming Environment Minister Nick Smith's support for a 14-month moratorium on the Hurunui River was "the second environmental backdown" this week.
Five steps to start-up success
By VALERIE KHOO
OPINION: When you are just starting out in business, it can be a daunting process. You're keen to work and you're happy to go above and beyond the call of duty to help your customers - if only you had some.
Global culture needed for startups
By LANCE WIGGS
OPINION: I attended an "unconference" last weekend - BarCamp 4. Picture eight classrooms in a school taken over by a couple of hundred computer geeks and designers, with no agenda but a mandate to participate.
Could you work with your spouse?
By LEON GETTLER
OPINION: Marriage and relationships can be hard work. When you put two people together from different backgrounds and different traditions, issues will come up. Sacrifices need to be made and compromises reached. Travelling down the same path can have its bumpy patches, but then, if you're unwilling to work at it, chances are it won't last.
Australia lets in Chinese apples
Over the fence
By JON MORGAN
OPINION: News keeps on getting worse for the Australian apple industry. Just as a World Trade Organisation report rejecting its ban on New Zealand imports is about to be revealed, it is hit by an even bigger blow - apple imports from China.
From high flyer to serial disappointment
Chalkie
OPINION: Any New Zealand company contemplating shifting from the local exchange to Australia will now have to fight the "Nufarm factor".
Innovation is just half the battle
By OWEN SCOTT
OPINION: Inspiring was the word to describe the unveiling of the Rex Bionics robotic exoskeleton in Auckland. Not only for Rex's potential to transform the lives of paraplegics, but as yet another example of Kiwi ingenuity.
The death of the office
By LEON GETTLER
OPINION: Technology is changing office life, forever. Are we looking at the death of the office? Will cost cutting, mobile technology and the emergence of a generation raised on social networking make the office redundant?
Presenteeism - a bigger problem than absenteeism?
By JAMES ADONIS
OPINION: Forget about absenteeism. There’s a bigger issue infecting workplaces and it’s called ‘presenteeism’.
Wake-up call for mum and dad trustees
Wine takeover expected to cut costs in hard times
Nelson loans puzzle under spotlight
Telecom sails off in $140m deals
Maori development 'vital to NZ'
Light at end of the tunnel for landlords
Serepisos puts 'Wellington dress circle' houses up for sale
IRD lawyer under fire for too much detail in tax case
Australian dairying set for dramatic recovery
British plant closes to help lower debt
All Blacks rout Wallabies, remain perfect
Cowan likely to miss second Bledisloe Cup match
Wallabies desperate to gain parity with All Blacks
Graham Henry labels All Blacks win 'scintillating'
Man dead after car driven through street brawl
'Harassment' pushed Carter says partner
Increase in ski helmet use finds favour
All set to go, but no flight booked
New building a 'bloody eyesore'
