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How to discourage wealth
Opinion

Simon Robertson: How to discourage wealth

Let NZers invest $1 offshore without making the starting point 95c every year.

Simon Robertson 20 Apr 2024
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Fast-track ‘stakeholders’ list released
Economy

Fast-track ‘stakeholders’ list released

Major corporates including Carter Group and Fonterra are on the list.

Victoria Young 19 Apr 2024
Wayne Brown leads charge for Latin America-Auckland flights
Economy

Wayne Brown leads charge for Latin America-Auckland flights

Auckland mayor wants direct flights between Auckland and Brazil. 

Dileepa Fonseka 19 Apr 2024
Sniffing the breeze on the next four months
Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: Sniffing the breeze on the next four months

A soon-to-be international absconder ponders what he'll find on return to NZ.

Pattrick Smellie 19 Apr 2024


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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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