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Finance
Govt’s green fund raises $170m debt for solar power
The investment-grade climate bonds are the NZGIF's largest single investment to date.
Policy
Pattrick Smellie: The case for a pre-Christmas mini-budget
In the rush to cut spending, will necessary investment be ignored?
Statistics to show recovery that feels like a recession
Weak growth and high immigration equals low productivity.
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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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