Politics

Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up
Policy Turning the Tap

Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up

After seven years of wheel-spinning, water reform is accelerating.

Pattrick Smellie 14 Oct 2024
Details of fast-track conflicts of interest released
Policy

Details of fast-track conflicts of interest released

Shane Jones disclosed eight conflicts of interest.

Jem Traylen 11 Oct 2024
Luxon and Modi finally get to meet
Opinion

Dileepa Fonseka: Luxon and Modi finally get to meet

New Zealand is fighting to stay in the conversation in Asia.

Dileepa Fonseka 11 Oct 2024
'Get creative on BTR funding', developer urges
Finance

'Get creative on BTR funding', developer urges

Banks are pricing build-to-rent at higher risk than they have to, operators say.

Maria Slade 11 Oct 2024


Pattrick Smellie
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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