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Economy
RBNZ offers a preview into its thinking ahead of MPS
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand offered an insight into next week's monetary policy statement and projections this morning, estimating $10 billion of lost production under the strictest lockdown restrictions. It estimates gross domestic product sank around 37 percent during f...
Economy
Prime ministers aim to create Australasian bubble as soon as it's safe
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison aim to ease travel restrictions between the two countries as soon as it is safe to do so.
Policy
Risk of power retailers failing prompts regulatory intervention
The risk of “multiple defaults” among electricity retailers has prompted the sector regulator to require the largest network companies to provide financial support to some of their customers. The Electricity Authority plans an urgent rule change that will require the six large...
Policy
Transmission Gully delayed as govt fast-tracks new big projects
Wellington's billion dollar Transmission Gully project may take two years longer to complete than expected, trucking industry leader Nick Leggett said, on the same day the government announced it would slash resource consent procedures to accelerate new 'shovel-ready'...
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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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