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The lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle
Trees caused most of the power outages during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Opinion
Dileepa Fonseka: NZ and 'third world' lessons for politicians and businesspeople
South Korea's GDP per capita was a quarter of ours, now it is higher.
Property
Move to reduce emissions 'makes sense'
It is still more emissions-friendly to import engineered timber than to use local trees.
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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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