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What to read to understand climate change
The Life

What to read to understand climate change

These books explain why our planet is heating up – and what to do about it.

The Economist 13 Nov 2022
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Immigration chaos does real harm
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Iain MacLeod: Immigration chaos does real harm

There's no evidence to prove that high demand broke immigration's platform.

Iain MacLeod 12 Nov 2022
Ebos Group leads market higher in rally sparked by positive US inflation data
Markets Market Close

Ebos Group leads market higher in rally sparked by positive US inflation data

The S&P/NZX 50 index increased 219.83 points, or 1.98%, to 11,311.750. 

Riley Kennedy 11 Nov 2022
Farming lobby groups unite
Primary Sector

Farming lobby groups unite

The government has been warned of dire consequences.

Rebecca Howard 11 Nov 2022


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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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