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Pattrick Smellie: Marsden Point – it's not coming back
The Marsden Point refinery is gone. Get over it.
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IMF expects rate cuts toward the end of 2024
Treasury says NZ is amid a 'severe economic slowdown'.
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Current account deficits improve on higher tourism levels
New Zealand’s annual current account deficit has continued to improve – thanks largely to the continued return of overseas tourists.The deficit was $27.8 billion (6.9% of gross domestic product) in the year ended Dec 31, 2023, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.That...
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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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