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‘Alarming’ $10.9b health infrastructure deficit
After years of neglect, hospitals around the country are planning massive upgrades to try and catch up on infrastructure deficit.
Economy
Inflation is coming, RBNZ needs to 'get a wriggle on'
Inflation expectations are now at 2.41%, above the RBNZ's target range midpoint of 2%, latest ANZ business confidence survey shows.
Policy
Four bodies for three waters
The country's 67 local bodies will become four amalgamated water entities, that will be community-owned and new regulation will control pricing and quality of drinking, waste and stormwater services.
Policy
Analysis
Pattrick Smellie: A new tangle at the heart of a new RMA
If the purpose of replacement law for the RMA is unclear, the resulting outcomes cannot be expected to be any better than the regime it replaces.
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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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