Politics
Politics
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Labour's slippery slide
The covid bump is gone, but is the support for the government in terminal decline?
Policy
Looming 'clean car' tax accelerates uptake of gas guzzlers
Kiwis are snapping up as many utes and commercial vehicles as they can ahead of next month's feebate scheme
Primary Sector
Govt backs down on permanent exotics forests in ETS
The government is now proposing that future permanent plantings of exotic forests like radiata pine be excluded from the emissions trading scheme, according to a public discussion document.
Politics
Pressure on NZ to pass sanctions law responding to Ukraine
Allies of NZ have repeatedly lobbied us to pass an autonomous sanctions law. Instead, NZ is going Russia specific.
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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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