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Global dairy prices plummet in latest auction
NZX analysts said whole milk powder held up the best of the bunch.
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Comvita and HoneyWorld: more of a marriage than an acquisition
The CEO of Comvita says NZ needs to protect mānuka.
Property
Mortgage arrears now at highest levels since March 2020
More than 426,000 borrowers aren't keeping up with their payments.
Sales replace staff shortages as biggest business worry
Business conditions remain tough as inflation is squeezed out of the economy.
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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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