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At this election, some argue that government debt no longer matters at all. They are wrong.
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Election 2020
ELECTION 2020: Ardern rolls out 'greatest hits' and jobs boost at campaign launch
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has launched the Labour Party's 2020 election campaign to a rapturous crowd in Auckland with a speech light on new policy and heavy on the government's policy wins and crisis management over the last three years. Ardern addressed a packed Auckland...
Economy
'Everyone wants to come here': managing NZ's isolation
Of the more than 60 hotels looked at in Auckland about 20 fit the criteria to become a managed isolation facility.
Economy
Watch for earnings season fireworks in forward guidance
Bottom line results can be largely ignored this earnings season but any hints about the future outlook will attract a lot of attention, analysts say. This month, 19 of New Zealand’s top-50 listed companies will report half-year and annual earnings, providing forensic insight i...
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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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