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Infrastructure
Consolidation on the cards as cash no longer king
Cash use has declined for two decades.
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Law & Regulation
EU-NZ trade deal comes with sanctions for climate backsliding
The EU is using its 448 million consumer market to drive its environmental ambitions.
Trade
India's FTA surge and the implications for New Zealand
India has signed 13 free trade agreements in five years, but what does this mean for NZ?
Retail
Gone in a puff: Sanitarium axes jobs and well-known brands
A total of 49 jobs will be cut across manufacturing, logistics and head office.
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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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