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No winter chill in earnings season
Markets

No winter chill in earnings season

Margins are getting squeezed but firms are keeping a tight grip on costs.

Paul McBeth 06 Jun 2023
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Successful review for James Gardner-Hopkins
Law & Regulation

Successful review for James Gardner-Hopkins

An iwi challenged a decision not to appoint the suspended lawyer to a consenting panel.

Oliver Lewis 06 Jun 2023
Most migrants here for a good time, not a long time
Opinion

Iain MacLeod: Most migrants here for a good time, not a long time

We're seeing more 'migrants', but many are only here for the short term.

Iain MacLeod 06 Jun 2023
Where to for the kiwi dollar? Lower for longer
Opinion

Cameron Bagrie: Where to for the kiwi dollar? Lower for longer

The NZ economy needs a period of sustained currency weakness.

Cameron Bagrie 06 Jun 2023


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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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