Politics
Policy
New fuel taxes, higher charges for parking suggested
Radical vehicle policies are needed to meet emissions reduction targets, say officials.
Politics
Snow season thaw for Aussie-Kiwi PM relations?
Jacinda Ardern has a lot to talk about with Scott Morrison when they meet first-to-face on May 31, for the first time since covid-19 closed NZ and Australian borders.
Opinion
Victoria Young: Women in the workplace, beyond sharing the load
Today’s survey on sharing familial duties could go further.
Policy
Free
The return of the EV feebate
Govt looks at how to phase out the internal combustion engine and gas-guzzling cars.
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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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