Politics
Economy
Immigration roadblock 'strangling' entry of urgent workers
A botched restructuring at Immigration NZ is being blamed for the agency's inability to process urgent, covid-affected critical worker and skilled migrant applications.
Policy
Business eyes $7.2b of emission reduction projects
Target the right areas at the right time, Sustainable Business Council says.
Policy
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Sarah Chambers: What a small business owner really wants
I don't want to take lunch breaks from my staff, or need 90-day trials.
Policy
Climate targets require hydro dry-year answer - Carr
Rod Carr says hydro-electricity dry-year risk needs to be solved, but has yet to give advice on how to do it.
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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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