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Would-be seabed miner TTR risks becoming a case study in rejection.
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RBNZ keeps rates on hold at 5.5% as expected
Inflation was 4.7% in the December quarter.
Markets
Funding ‘crisis’ drives listed providers out of aged care
The cost of delivering aged care services has “accelerated exponentially”.
Policy
Franchises' delight at migrant rule changes
Franchises no longer face much higher costs to bring in migrant workers.
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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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