Politics

Speeding up FIF changes may halt entrepreneur flight
Policy

Speeding up FIF changes may halt entrepreneur flight

Entrepreneurs planning exits now look at staying, as Inland Revenue details FIF changes.

Garth Bray 21 Mar 2025
Science institutes one step ahead of Govt on reorganisation
Policy

Science institutes one step ahead of Govt on reorganisation

Universities shouldn't 'passively wait' for government direction.

Greg Hurrell 20 Mar 2025
Pre-construction contractor sought for Antarctica
Policy

Pre-construction contractor sought for Antarctica

Antarctica NZ has gone to market for early works on its reset Scott Base build.

Oliver Lewis 20 Mar 2025
Trump economy 'already ending badly'
Economy

Trump economy 'already ending badly'

'Baked-in incoherence' will stop Trump producing a coherent new world order.

Pattrick Smellie 19 Mar 2025


Pattrick Smellie
Pattrick Smellie

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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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