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China demand puts a rocket under February dairy exports
The annual trade deficit was $11.99 billion.
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Infrastructure
Bishop's moves questioned as construction sector deals with recession
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub voiced his fears work could dry up this year.
Primary Sector
Pattrick Smellie: Will King Salmon build its deepsea farm?
Fast-tracked projects still need to be able to attract capital.
Recession tilts the balance towards the RBNZ moving sooner
GDP contracted 0.1% in 4Q after falling 0.3% in 3Q.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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