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R&D spending lifts as businesses look to tap new markets
The average expenditure per business rose 20% in a year.
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Consumers more downbeat, confidence survey finds
The rating in the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan opinion poll fell 4 points to 82.1.
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The race is on to reduce emissions from NZ's livestock
Researchers and investors are tackling the problem from every possible angle.
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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