Politics
Politics
First half of huge wastewater project goes live
The mayor and the head of an Italian tunnelling company did the first flush.
Primary Sector
Kinleith paper operations to close, loss of 230 jobs
Minister Shane Jones says the closure is evidence of de-industrialisation.
Politics
ScoMo's Trump playbook for NZ
Sometimes it is best to keep your head down, the former Australian PM suggests.
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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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