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Backlash over proposed glyphosate residue hike
Primary Sector

Backlash over proposed glyphosate residue hike

Farmers, businesses and green groups raise concerns over a glyphosate rule change.

Cécile Meier 20 May 2025
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Start-up founders get tax help; thin-cap regime review
Economy

Start-up founders get tax help; thin-cap regime review

Start-up shareholders will be able to defer tax until a 'liquidity event'.

Pattrick Smellie 19 May 2025
‘Modest’ business tax measure to boost growth: Willis
Economy

‘Modest’ business tax measure to boost growth: Willis

Global trade turmoil has made the Budget harder to write.

Pattrick Smellie 19 May 2025
Slightly higher inflation may raise eyebrows at RBNZ
Economy

Slightly higher inflation may raise eyebrows at RBNZ

Recent data shows inflation is ticking up slightly. 

Rebecca Howard 19 May 2025


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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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