Politics
Primary Sector
All three coalition parties get rural ministers
Todd McClay will be the agriculture minister.
Opinion
Analysis
Pattrick Smellie: Shock, horror – dog wags tail in new cabinet
Against most predictions, National dominates the new cabinet where it matters most.
Petroleum industry welcomes end of offshore exploration ban
The promotion of mining crown minerals is also likely to return in the Crown Minerals Act.
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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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