Politics
Finance
ELECTION 2020: IRD-as-bank small business loan scheme extended to end of year
The government's highly popular small business loan scheme, using the Inland Revenue Department as a de facto bank, is to be extended to Dec. 31 as the government announces its latest move to try and shore up business confidence against the economic threat of the covid-19 pandemi...
Policy
Local voice, environment key for Green's RMA reform support
Local involvement and environmental bottom-lines will be key to the Green Party's support to any future reform of the Resource Management Act, co-leader James Shaw said. Last night, the party voted against a government bill to fast-track consent approvals for infrastructure p...
Economy
Clear border-opening strategy needed now: Gluckman, Clark, Fyfe
Former chief science advisor to the prime minister Peter Gluckman says irrespective of whether a covid vaccine is developed or not, most of the world’s travelling population won't be effectively vaccinated for at least another year and New Zealand needs a clear strategy to re-eng...
Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Holding APEC online - does it matter?
Aucklanders won't have their traffic made even more chaotic for a week by switching APEC hosting duties online.
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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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