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Election 2023
Ground-breaking study shows wealthy tax gap
The studies put numbers to what we already knew: wealthy people are rich because of gains in the value of their assets, not what they're paid.
Policy
Reserve Bank looks to ease mortgage lending curbs
Current restrictions may be unnecessarily reducing efficiency says the Reserve Bank.
Infrastructure
Breaking down the barriers to electrification one boiler at a time
The cost of getting electricity connected to a factory can be a major brake on electrification.
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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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