30 Nov 2021

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 30 November 2021

Pattrick says the Trade Window listing last week must be the most successful  on the NZX for a very long time. Not only did it actually get to listing in the face of so many falling over this year, but it provided the biggest 'stag' in recent memory. He also discusses the politics versus the economics of slow border opening, however a lot of skilled labour is likely to  start leaving, particularly to Australia.

Passengers head to departures at Auckland Airport on the day the trans-Tasman bubble opened, 19 April 2021.

Photo: RNZ / Katie Todd