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Business asks: does the Budget match NZ's needs?
'Hope of better times ahead' as the government does what it said it would.
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Budget 2024 may ruffle the RBNZ's feathers
Economists say the Treasury is being too optimistic.
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What ‘responsible tax relief’ looks like
'This relief is well overdue,' finance minister Nicola Willis said.
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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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