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Finance
Adrian Orr says house prices should be falling
Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr compared house prices to the bitcoin market and the 17th century tulip fiasco but said calling it a bubble isn't helpful.
Policy
Earlier saliva testing could have prevented lockdown: Yale expert
NZ's adoption of saliva testing has been marred by misinformation and 'frustratingly slow', saliva testing expert Anne Wyllie says.
Policy
Listed minnows left out of climate disclosure law
Climate change disclosure rules will now only apply to companies worth more than $60 million.
Politics
Pete Hodgson called in to look at power cut issues
The former energy minister will look at what went wrong on 'black Monday', but ownership and institutional governance won't be considered.
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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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