Larry Williams Drive

For once, we have a Commerce Commission study that isn’t going nowhere. Nicola Willis says she's going to do what the Commerce Commission has recommended in the banking study out today - and she'll do all 14 recommendations.This is a little surprise, isn’t it? Because we have got very used to these studies coming out and pretty much nothing of any substance being done. We've had the petrol study, the supermarket study, the construction industry study - I was a little cynical about the banking study, but I was wrong. And what's even more surprising is that it's a centre-right Government - who are often accused of cosying up to big business - who are prepared to do the ballsy thing there. Doesn't that make a nice change? Now as to whether it’s actually going to make a difference - the jury is out big time. I mean, I love the idea of capitalising Kiwibank, it'll most likely improve the bank, it'll give Kiwi investors another productive asset to put their money into - it deserves to be beefed up. And for those re