Politics
Primary Sector
Fed Farmers backs RMA overhaul but wants one law, not two
Federated Farmers backs the overhaul of the Resource Management Act but argues the legislation should remain within one statute to avoid which one trumps the other. "We’re struggling to see the advantages of having two new pieces of legislation. No-one has been able to lucidl...
Economy
Covid income relief tracking behind expectations – Ardern
The income support set up to give recently redundant workers cash in hand to tide them through the sharpest parts of the recession isn’t being taken up as quickly as expected, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.Speaking to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Ardern said that the...
Policy
What does the new algorithm charter mean for NZ?
Data can be dumbsentencing algorithm adopted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,Immigration New Zealand piloted an algorithm An Algorithm CharterAlgorithm Charter, laying commitment to regularly having algorithms peer reviewed to assess for unintended consequences also seems like a goo...
Economy
NZ needs to seize covid-free advantage - Seymour
New Zealand is an “island nation in a pandemic planet” but is not taking advantage of the opportunity that presents, ACT Party leader David Seymour says. The country’s relative isolation and its covid-free status has turned a geo-strategic weakness to a strength. Large parts o...
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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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