Politics
Primary Sector
Government unlocks $500k for flood recovery
Agriculture minister declares flooding a medium-scale adverse event.
Policy
Electricity generators lose 'safe harbour' protection
Electricity regulator tries to shore up confidence in the wholesale market.
Policy
'Eye-watering' energy prices possible for next five years
"Energy price rises over the next five years will be so eye-watering that the tears may themselves fill the (hydro) lakes," says one energy sector insider.
Politics
Nick Smith quitting as MP after 'verbal altercation'
The last of National's 1990 'brat pack' intake of MPs leaves on a sour note.
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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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