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Banks must act courageously - RBNZ's Orr
The central bank has been effective in lowering interest rates but trading banks must step up to the plate, Adrian Orr says.
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State of play: introducing the BusinessDesk Poll Tracker
Take a wider view of the political polls in the lead-up to election day with our new poll aggregator. See how the next Parliament is likely to look. By Andy Fyers.
Politics
Labour's lead narrows in latest poll
Support for the Labour Party has fallen 5.5 points to 48 percent since July, according to the latest Roy Morgan poll.Support for National rose 2 points to 28.5 percent, with the wide 19.5 percentage point gap between the country's two major political parties now the narrowest...
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Facebook threatens to ban Aussie news sites
Social media giant says it will block sharing of news content if Australian government goes ahead with content payment law.
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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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