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Pattrick Smellie: Ihumātao: far from a done deal
A lot of hot air is being talked about yesterday's Ihumātao deal. The reality is the Treaty settlement process is intact and a permanent fix is still some way off.
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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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