Politics
Policy
Govt tick for NZME/Stuff merger difficult, not impossible - Jarden
Getting government support for a merger between news publishers NZME and Stuff "will not be easy," but investment house Jarden says it can "see an argument" for intervention to allow a deal that both the Commerce Commission and the courts have so far rejected.And if turned down,...
Policy
Crown seeks US$100m from Tui operator; Prospector moving on
The government is claiming US$100 million from the operator of the Tui oil field, as efforts continue to keep the field in production and stave off early decommissioning.Sixty-nine creditors of Tamarind Taranaki, which halted an in-fill drilling campaign at the offshore field in...
Policy
Free
From dog to top dog: how did Northport come out tops to replace Auckland?
A draft report favouring the expansion of Whangarei’s Northport to replace the port on Auckland’s city waterfront is full of “surprising” and “concerning” conclusions, a lot of “padding”, and appears to ignore major factors for such a decision.Those are some of the conclusions fr...
Economy
Chile still open for business
After a month of social unrest, violence, and political promises to bring peace to Chile, BusinessDesk’s Rebecca Howard found plenty of officials keen to point out that the Latin American nation is still open for business.Chile’s agriculture sector has long attracted New Zealand...
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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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