Politics

Court sends seabed mining bid back to EPA
Policy

Court sends seabed mining bid back to EPA

Trans Tasman Resources’ bid to mine offshore iron sands has been referred back to the Environmental Protection Authority after the Court of Appeal found “multiple overlapping errors of law” in the approach of an earlier decision-making committee.The independent committee that gra...

Gavin Evans 03 Apr 2020
Govt support not a short-term fix – Robertson
Economy

Govt support not a short-term fix – Robertson

Finance Minister Grant Robertson expects to cushion the blow of the covid-19 crisis for far longer than the just the national lockdown, which will plunge the economy into a deeper recession than during the global financial crisis.Robertson told the special parliamentary epidemic...

Paul McBeth 01 Apr 2020
Covid-19 elimination plan lacks clear targets: Otago professor
Policy

Covid-19 elimination plan lacks clear targets: Otago professor

The government needs to adopt clear targets and timelines for eliminating the spread of covid-19, epidemiologist David Skegg has told MPs in the first public hearings of a new parliamentary select committee with oversight powers on the national state of emergency.Speaking to the...

Paul McBeth 31 Mar 2020
RBNZ addresses commercial paper market issues
Economy

RBNZ addresses commercial paper market issues

The Reserve Bank’s latest move to promote liquidity and stability in New Zealand’s financial markets is aimed at addressing issues in the so-called commercial paper market. “There had been signs the market was not functioning properly,” Reserve Bank assistant governor Christian H...

Rebecca Howard 31 Mar 2020


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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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