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Pattrick Smellie: Getting real about the coming recession
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Markets
Kiwi dollar holds on to some gains
Optimism around China reopening led to a sharp move higher in its currency, which flowed through to the NZ dollar and other risk assets.
Primary Sector
NZ not backing down from dairy fight with Canada
New Zealand is arguing its dairy exporters are effectively locked out of the Canadian market.
Primary Sector
Indian tariffs a turnoff for NZ exporters
The stalled free trade negotiations with India are frustrating for NZ exporters, but the government is looking for alternative mechanisms to access its massive market.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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