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Carbon farming: seeing the wood for the trees
Primary Sector

Colin Jacobs: Carbon farming: seeing the wood for the trees

NZ will fail to meet its climate change commitments without exotic forestry.

Colin Jacobs 25 Apr 2023
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Mountainside folly: what now for the Chateau?
Editor's Picks

Mountainside folly: what now for the Chateau?

The Chateau Tongariro's closure in February marked the latest chapter for an iconic hotel that barely made money.

Pattrick Smellie 23 Apr 2023
Degrowth is not glamorous
Opinion

Dileepa Fonseka: Degrowth is not glamorous

A society and an economy that doesn't grow isn't something you should wish for.

Dileepa Fonseka 22 Apr 2023
Cost-of-living crisis may be pushing Britons back into work
Bloomberg

Cost-of-living crisis may be pushing Britons back into work

Some retirees are now finding that their pensions aren’t spreading as far as planned.

Bloomberg 22 Apr 2023


Pattrick Smellie
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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