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Cannabis rule change having impact
Regulatory changes in NZ and Germany have made NZ products more available worldwide.
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Cameron Bagrie: We need to unlock a 'Go' economy
New Zealand is no longer a high-income OECD economy.
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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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