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Emissions fall on huge hydro boost
A 29% increase in hydroelectric generation helped offset increases in emissions elsewhere in the September quarter.
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Economy
EV sales burn bright, utes stall on govt intervention
Electric vehicles continue to be the bright spark in a modest sales month.
Policy
NZ carbon price dips below $50
NZ carbon prices are sagging back to prices last seen in 2021.
Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: Luxon's bright ideas make him more credible
A more politically plausible Christopher Luxon is emerging.
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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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