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Policy
Import LNG or intervene in gas sector, ministers told
Options for govt include a deal with Methanex or finding new gas.
Technology
TikTok vows to fight on after US House votes to ban it
App owner tells staff it will now focus on persuading senators to let it carry on.
Policy
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Govt suspends 'significant natural areas' rules for three years
Minister says provisions represent a "confiscation of property rights".
Policy
The water infrastructure crisis in Wellington and elsewhere
Councils are cancelling and deferring water investments after a reform u-turn.
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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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