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NZ has an 'enviable' energy position
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Primary industries bear brunt of cyclone, Treasury says
Lost crops are expected to knock production by $100m a year.
Ongoing fall in inflation indicators
Profit expectations took a further hit as the squeeze comes on the economy.
Trade
Free trade talk a bad idea for India-NZ relations
A renewed focus on India by NZ's political parties is long overdue.
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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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