Politics
Politics
Pattrick Smellie: Softening up for capital gains tax in all but name
Call it what you like, the bright-line test is already a capital gains tax, and appears to be the government's best hope of looking as if it's doing something quickly about the house price boom.
Politics
NZ treads carefully as Aussie, China trade blows
As host of APEC for the next year, can NZ help soothe the growing tensions between Canberra and Beijing?
Policy
What business wants from new sick leave plan
More time, more exceptions needed, say business groups.
Primary Sector
Govt opens door for 2,000 island fruit pickers
Kiwis wanting to get home for a Christmas break got first dibs on managed isolation spots.
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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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