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Nearly 6,000 new roles filled in November, Stats NZ says
The country added almost 6,000 jobs in November, and service industries fueled the increase.Stats New Zealand said on Monday that filled job numbers rose 0.3% compared to October.Primary industries provided 436 fewer jobs.Goods-producing industries, the biggest of which are manuf...
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Pattrick Smellie: BlackRock gives foreign investment a bad name
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Policy
Luxon off to UAE for signing of trade deal
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Climate change
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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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