Politics
Primary Sector
Fruit-picking subsidy flops as Kiwis stay put
A scheme subsidising jobseekers to move to another region for seasonal work attracted fewer than 200 successful applicants.
Primary Sector
Cattle ship en route to China, will they all survive?
The Yangtze Harmony left Napier earlier this month with 4,188 cattle on board. In 2020, it accounted for more than half of the animal deaths at sea.
Politics
Biggest local govt shake-up in a generation looms
At the heart of the review will be a new deal on what local government funds versus what central government will pay for.
Policy
NZ-Aussie ministers paper over Five Eyes cracks
The Australian foreign minister declined to let the controversy over the Five Eyes network overshadow the 'feel-good' of the first trans-Tasman ministerial meeting since the travel bubble opened.
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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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