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Parker slams 'derisory' leaked EU trade offer
Trade and Export Growth Minister David Parker has angrily slammed a leaked document on agricultural access for New Zealand as part of the free trade negotiations with the European Union as “a derisory offer.” “I am disappointed both by the leak but even more disappointed by th...
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Coronavirus
Solid year as AWF Madison braces for covid impact
Labour hire firm AWF Madison won’t pay a final dividend this year, citing the economic uncertainty created by the covid-19 crisis. New Zealand’s biggest recruitment company today posted a 33 percent jump in net profit from $2 million to $2.7 million for the 12 months to March...
Policy
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PM's full statement: New Zealand moves to Alert Level 1
We are republishing in full the Prime Minister's statement this afternoon on moving to alert level 1:Today is day 26 of Alert Level 2 and day 17 without any new cases of Covid-19 in the country.Today is also day 75 of being in a Covid alert level of any kind.Our team of 5 mil...
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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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