Politics

AG flays Callaghan over conflicts in Manaaki probe
Law & Regulation

AG flays Callaghan over conflicts in Manaaki probe

Multiple failings identified in Callaghan's approach to controversial due diligence.

Record low interest ensures carbon auction failure
Policy

Record low interest ensures carbon auction failure

It means the govt will have less money for its fiscal plans.

Ian Llewellyn 06 Dec 2023
Last carbon auction of year fails to clear
Policy

Last carbon auction of year fails to clear

$900 miilion has slipped through the government's fingers.

Ian Llewellyn 06 Dec 2023
Business of Government: and so it begins …
Policy

Business of Government: and so it begins …

Our weekly roundup of public sector news

Jem Traylen 06 Dec 2023


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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