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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.

New RAT run - Mainfreight heads test replacement push
Pattrick Smellie | Fri, 28 Jan 2022

While big companies reorder rapid antigen tests lost to the government stockpile, Customs has seized tens of thousands of unapproved tests.

Confirmed: govt commandeering private covid test supplies
Confirmed: govt commandeering private covid test supplies Pattrick Smellie
Wildly popular Wellington quiz comes to BusinessDesk
Wildly popular Wellington quiz comes to BusinessDesk Pattrick Smellie
Omicron arrives – we're all over it already
Omicron arrives – we're all over it already Pattrick Smellie
NZ's moving to red as Omicron's here: 'get boosted' urges Ardern
NZ's moving to red as Omicron's here: 'get boosted' urges Ardern Pattrick Smellie
Omicron outbreak likely within 10 days: Baker
Omicron outbreak likely within 10 days: Baker Pattrick Smellie
Omicron: no national lockdowns, elimination ‘nigh on impossible’ – Ardern
Omicron: no national lockdowns, elimination ‘nigh on impossible’ – Ardern Pattrick Smellie
Omicron a 'different foe' that needs new plan: Ardern
Omicron a 'different foe' that needs new plan: Ardern Pattrick Smellie
End of MIQ beckons as govt mulls how to manage omicron
End of MIQ beckons as govt mulls how to manage omicron Pattrick Smellie
How the tax department changed everything and no one noticed
How the tax department changed everything and no one noticed Pattrick Smellie
Neck, meet block. Predictions for 2022
Neck, meet block. Predictions for 2022 Pattrick Smellie
Review: Streetdog electric motorbike – easy on the eye, a little hard on the wallet
Review: Streetdog electric motorbike – easy on the eye, a little hard on the wallet Pattrick Smellie
Forced divestment touted as only route to supermarket competition
Forced divestment touted as only route to supermarket competition Pattrick Smellie
Exit interview: Rob Everett on cleaning up NZ's already 'clean' act
Exit interview: Rob Everett on cleaning up NZ's already 'clean' act Pattrick Smellie
Fortescue kicks tyres on hydrogen plant at Marsden Point
Fortescue kicks tyres on hydrogen plant at Marsden Point Pattrick Smellie
Far bigger debt buffer to become permanent
Far bigger debt buffer to become permanent Pattrick Smellie
Climate change and health funding priorities for 2022 budget
Climate change and health funding priorities for 2022 budget Pattrick Smellie
Wellbeing budgets and the environment: change needed, says Upton
Wellbeing budgets and the environment: change needed, says Upton Pattrick Smellie
Executive pay: what's a company director worth?
Executive pay: what's a company director worth? Pattrick Smellie
Luxon's 'most worrying' discovery as an MP
Luxon's 'most worrying' discovery as an MP Pattrick Smellie
Transpower's refreshed board: what does it mean for electricity?
Transpower's refreshed board: what does it mean for electricity? Pattrick Smellie
No surprises and the Fair Pay Agreements slapdown
No surprises and the Fair Pay Agreements slapdown Pattrick Smellie
Unpicking Christopher Luxon’s ‘hard’ reshuffle
Unpicking Christopher Luxon’s ‘hard’ reshuffle Pattrick Smellie
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