Politics
Finance
Covid lockdown puts OCR rise on hold
The monetary policy committee indicated that it would have liked to have reduced stimulus but for the national lockdown.
Finance
ANZ hikes mortgage rates ahead of MPS
ANZ Bank New Zealand isn't waiting for the Reserve Bank's decision on interest rates.
Policy
High wholesale power prices unsustainable: Contact boss
Contact warns of risks in market intervention.
Policy
Housing market solution: just build houses
One development and construction company urges the industry to just get on with it.
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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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