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Cyclone Gabrielle: counting the costs, six months on
BusinessDesk travelled to the region to see how the clean-up was going.
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Economy
S&P rates NZ ahead of Tuesday's economic and fiscal update
With just over a month to go before the election, rating agency S&P Global has given a favourable report card on the state of play with the New Zealand economy.The agency said it expects NZ’s fiscal deficit to narrow over the next three years as covid-19-related temporary spendin...
Economy
Forsyth Barr: 86c/kgMS between milk payout and break-even
Dairy prices have been under significant pressure this year.
Policy
'Corporate welfare' now means less cost later, says outgoing EECA boss
"We need as a country to defray the liability that we've almost certainly got.”
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