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Property
Pressures ease in building materials supply chain
Building product prices are predicted to stabilise or even decrease.
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Policy
Rate hikes gaining traction, but there's a long way to go
An NZIER survey says 41% of firms now report sales as their primary constraint.
Immigration
Government boosts number of working holiday places
The immigration minister has extended the time those now in the country can stay.
News in Brief
Emissions fall on huge hydro boost
A 29% increase in hydroelectric generation helped offset increases in emissions elsewhere in the September quarter.
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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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