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ELECTION 2020: Aggressive decarbonisation needed now - Greens
Climate policy in the next government will focus on tangible ways to cut emissions, Green Party co-leader James Shaw says.
Policy
Contact well-positioned for looming gas market disruption
Contact Energy said it is well-positioned to manage its generation fleet through the gas market disruption coming from the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. But executives said there needs to be wider discussion across the country about the implications of that for...
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ANALYSIS: The northern tilt of Jones's murky fund
“In politics, the spoils go to the victor,” Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones told the finance and expenditure committee in 2018 when quizzed about the then-freshly-minted Provincial Growth Fund. Fast-forward two years, and his flagship, pet programme was last we...
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Hydrogen truck stops to start next year
The country’s first hydrogen truck stops could be operating mid-2021 after the government committed $20 million toward the $69 million project.The investment will help fund construction of eight fuelling stations in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Taupo, Manawatu, Wel...
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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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