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NZ will continue to fight for the relevance of the WTO
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Air NZ defends itself against greenwashing claims
Consumer NZ says the national carrier is greenwashing due to claims on its in-flight cups.
NZ dollar at eight-year high against yen
The Bank of Japan left its short-term interest rate target unchanged at -0.1%.
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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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