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Business lending rates reach 33-year highs
What are the causes and are they fair?
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Cars
Another roadblock to the EV transition: personal politics
Some consumers are eschewing electric vehicles for political reasons.
Climate change
Opinion
$350 trillion to save the planet is a bargain
The longer we wait, the faster the bill grows, and so, too, does the damage.
Politics
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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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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