Politics
Policy
NZ, except Auckland, to move to level 2
Level 2, however, does look slightly different and the hospitality sector says it's another "kick in the guts".
Politics
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Andy Fyers: The strange case of the non-existent MIQ records
MBIE denies that it keeps a proper record of past MIQ occupancy, but its own documents appear to show otherwise.
Policy
Olive branch, no chequebook, for Dalton in America’s Cup wrangle
Mark Dunphy says money's no object for keeping The America's Cup here, as long as Grant Dalton doesn't hold the purse-strings for the event.
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analysis
The shrinking of the MIQ system
The suspension of bookings is just the latest in a long line of supply constraints in the MIQ bottleneck.
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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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