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Migrant worker flood overwhelmed immigration checks
Too much haste opened the possibility of exploitation.
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Markets
Wild ride in store for the New Zealand dollar
A rate hike would likely give the New Zealand dollar a big lift.
Policy
Carbon prices wilt as market waits for govt signals
Climate Change Commission advice eagerly awaited.
Trade
Commodity Prices
The bittersweet truth behind surging chocolate prices
The meltdown is looming: decades of non-investment are coming home to roost.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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