Politics
Economy
Could NZ implement a carbon import tax?
The United Kingdom and the EU have been looking at carbon import taxes, but it's not clear how they could work.
Policy
$2.5b sweetener for three waters reform
The biggest holdout against the reforms and the country’s largest city, Auckland, is by far the largest beneficiary of the package.
Primary Sector
Farmers have right to protest, but ag minister won't be there
The agriculture minister worries townies might get the wrong idea and think farmers don't care about the environment as a result of Friday's protests.
Policy
Pattrick Smellie: Time to show local government the ‘rabbit’
Is today the day that the government hopes to show local government leaders why the hotly contested three waters reforms will be worth their while?
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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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