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Payback time: consumers at 30-days past due hit six-year high
January typically a tough credit month, but the stress still there in February.
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Public sector
Business of Government: Public Service headcount
Public service recruitment kept growing last year, despite political signals.
Opinion
Dileepa Fonseka: The reality of recession
What the government should do in an economic downturn is always a hot topic of debate.
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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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