Politics
Policy
Otago pumped hydro a fanciful, rainbow project
The government’s plan for a pumped hydro scheme in Central Otago is “fanciful” and a costly “rainbow” project that will be abandoned within two years when it proves unworkable, a pre-election panel on energy policy heard Wednesday. Opportunities Party leader Geoff Simmons said...
Policy
ELECTION 2020: Nats promise return to Key-era labour laws, WorkSafe review
The National Party will bring back the industrial laws it introduced in the past decade and review WorkSafe as part of a plan to make life easier for small business owners. Rolling out an array of familiar policies, leader Judith Collins outlined her party’s small business pol...
Finance
No Team NZ wrongdoing, but record-keeping poor: report
Emirates Team New Zealand and America’s Cup Events Ltd have been cleared of any financial wrongdoing, but could have kept better records, according to a report commissioned by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. MBIE and Auckland Council sought the investigati...
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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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