Politics
Policy
Covid-19 immigration powers extended to 2023
Immigration minister Kris Faafoi said this extension means “continued flexibility to support migrants, manage the border, and help industries facing labour shortages”.
Policy
Debt relief welcome for inbound tour operators
The government wants frontline tourism staff to get vaccinated but isn't going to force them to do so.
Policy
BUDGET 2021: Tourism gets $200m to aid reset
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says there will need to be some big changes in the sector, and for Milford Sound.
Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: Xinjiang – we’ve gone about as far as we can go, for now
NZ is starting to test the limits of Chinese tolerance for criticism, with a step-change in political positioning on our largest trading partner's human rights abuses.
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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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