Politics
Media
Media react to Melissa Lee sacking
The sector is keen to work with new minister Paul Goldsmith amid its financial crisis.
Govt reshuffle: Lee demoted, Simmonds loses portfolio
Melissa Lee has been stripped of her media and communications portfolio and dropped from the cabinet, prime minister Christopher Luxon announced today.He has given Paul Goldsmith the portfolio after Lee was widely criticised over her public handling of the numerous issues facing...
Technology
NZ not first in line for Aukus, US says Japan the priority
The US has laid out a case for the additional benefits Five Eyes members get from Aukus.
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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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