Politics
Policy
Govt awards $71m for new advanced technology platform
Victoria University's Robinson Research will manage the platform.
Energy
Govt gas users in the dark over continuing supply
Gas supplies for users, including schools and hospitals, are getting tighter.
Policy
Analysis
Airports v airlines and the regional monopoly conundrum
Why is airport regulation being reviewed when all the fuss is about airfares?
Public sector
Business of Government
In the public service we trust, and more
Public trust survey and trusting parliamentary security.
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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