Mike Booker

Opinion

Who'll boss the kiss – NZI or the Roundtable?

The ‘merger’ is a public show of a marriage of equals, but usually it’s no such thing – the Business Roundtable and New Zealand Institute are like chalk and cheese.

Retiring at 67? Baby boomers need to think about who pays

By Mike Booker

Baby boomers have a habit of getting what we want - but the ones paying for it are invisible.

Mind the bollocks

By Mike Booker

Johnny Rotten once mocked the Queen; today he saves his sneer for New Zealand butter. Our key export markets are increasingly in the grip of environmental and social activism, led by a virtuous circle of consumers and supermarkets. Some Kiwi exporters are on to this rapidly growing and mutating phenomenon. Others, Mike Booker discovers, haven’t a clue.

Mountain Buggy: Why the wheels fell off

By Mike Booker

Mountain Buggy has new owners, phil&teds, after going into receivership

The state of venture capital in New Zealand

By Mike Booker

New Zealand venture capital desperately needs a hit—an investment that pays back, big time. Without it, our venture capitalists struggle to fund creative Kiwi companies. Mike Booker discovers why we’re sadly used to hearing ‘no’