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Vehicle registrations decline
Vehicle registrations were 23.7% lower in May 2024 than the year prior.
News in Brief
Tax take $1.7 billion more than expected
Corporate tax revenue was $1.1 billion above forecast.
Company insolvencies up 30% on last year
Mortgage arrears have eased for the second consecutive month.
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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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