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The doctors who are not getting hired
Some doctors graduating from NZ medical schools not being even considered for employment.
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Consumers slightly less gloomy in June
Respondents expect an annual pace of inflation of 4.3% over the next two years.
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Bloomberg: RBNZ: The central bank that owns a recession
More countries are bound to follow the Reserve Bank of NZ's decisions.
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Business confidence bounces back
Confidence is up in June, but still in negative territory.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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