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Trump's trade war to sideline NZ business investment
Economy

Trump's trade war to sideline NZ business investment

The effects NZ businesses forecast from latest tariff moves. 

Rebecca Howard 10 Mar 2025
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Keenness may trump availability in RBNZ governor search
Economy

Keenness may trump availability in RBNZ governor search

There are frontrunners but are they even in the race?

Rebecca Howard 06 Mar 2025
Why NZ's ‘No 8 Wire’ thinking won’t cut it anymore
Economy

Why NZ's ‘No 8 Wire’ thinking won’t cut it anymore

NZ needs to think beyond dairy, tourism and film to new industry 'ecosystems'.

Dileepa Fonseka 06 Mar 2025
Corporates lump blame on economy
Economy

Cameron Bagrie: Corporates lump blame on economy

What the Warehouse’s latest update says about the investment community.

Cameron Bagrie 06 Mar 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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