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Policy
New environment secretary appointed
Councils may welcome a new environment policy boss who has experience of their part in the system.
Treasury now expects recession
Grant Robertson is proud the government will still post a surplus in the June 2025 year.
Finance
Moola liquidators trying to find buyer for loan book
The company went under despite a report finding net profit in the non-banking sector grew by 56.8% this year.
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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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