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Hipkins crowds Luxon's post-budget space
Opinion Analysis

Dileepa Fonseka: Hipkins crowds Luxon's post-budget space

The pair used the same venue and the same topics of conversation.

Dileepa Fonseka 24 May 2023
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Trade minister heads to US
News in Brief

Trade minister heads to US

Trade minister Damien O’Connor travels to Detroit on Wednesday to attend the annual APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade meeting from May 24 to 29. Whilst in Detroit, O’Connor will also host a meeting of Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP...

Staff reporters 23 May 2023
Winning friends and influencing people in the Indo-Pacific
Opinion

Dileepa Fonseka: Winning friends and influencing people in the Indo-Pacific

The best salespeople are genuinely interested in people, and the US is certainly trying.

Dileepa Fonseka 23 May 2023
NZ Steel deal: shape of things to come
Opinion

Pattrick Smellie: NZ Steel deal: shape of things to come

The deal preserves heavy industry in NZ, but does it move the dial on climate change?

Pattrick Smellie 23 May 2023


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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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