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Investor visa policy to be announced
Policy

Investor visa policy to be announced

Major players in venture capital field hope incentives will remain.

Jem Traylen 07 Feb 2025
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Fast-track applications have a $448,000 price tag

Fast-track applications have a $448,000 price tag

Owners of the 149 listed projects can now lodge substantive applications. 

Rebecca Howard 07 Feb 2025
Manufacturing emissions fell 6.2% in September quarter
Environment

Manufacturing emissions fell 6.2% in September quarter

Manufacturing GDP was down 2.6% in the same quarter.

Staff reporters 05 Feb 2025
Pros and cons of a corporate tax cut
Policy

Pros and cons of a corporate tax cut

Business groups are keen for a cut; others doubt its impact and feasibility.

Pattrick Smellie 05 Feb 2025


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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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