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Medicine working but business confidence continues to fall
Confidence in retail and construction rose, while other sectors were more downbeat.
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Building industry calls on Govt to speed up climate action
Organisations and firms call for energy transparency labels on new houses and buildings.
NZ dollar takes higher Aussie and Canadian inflation in stride
Inflation was higher than expected in both markets.
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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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