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Politics
Indian minister to NZ business: let’s 100x this relationship
Piyush Goyal expresses displeasure at the small level of NZ-India trade.
Opinion
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Some big environmental eggs were broken this week to 'go for growth'.
Economy
BNZ looks to economic uptick supporting its full year 2026 outturn
BNZ is the latest bank to cautiously spruik GDP growth in 2026.
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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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