Politics
Policy
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BUDGET 2020: $230m funding targets exporters, SMEs, R&D
The Budget will double to 1,400 the number of exporting firms receiving intensive support in offshore markets from New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. Some $32 million would be applied to the Focus programme to achieve that over the next four years, Finance Minister Grant Robertso...
Economy
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BUDGET 2020: Green jobs, retraining, and wage subsidies ticked off in ‘jobs budget’
Targeted retraining, thousands of new green jobs, and an extension to the wage subsidy were among measures unveiled in today’s ‘jobs budget’.
Economy
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BUDGET 2020: Unemployment seen peaking at 9.8% in September
The New Zealand economy faces a relatively short and very sharp recession over the coming year before massive government spending kicks into to help stoke growth.
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Primary Sector
Unfair trade with China must be tackled - manufacturers
Efforts to rebuild a stronger export economy will be short-lived if the country doesn’t start addressing the cost of unfair trade practices by China, wood and steel processors say. A surge in export log prices – driven by demand from China – is part of a recurring issue that s...
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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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