Politics

NZ has major flip in migrant skill levels
Policy

NZ has major flip in migrant skill levels

Minister defends actions as recent migration surge led by low-skilled workers.

Dileepa Fonseka 11 Apr 2024
Franchises' delight at migrant rule changes
Policy

Franchises' delight at migrant rule changes

Franchises no longer face much higher costs to bring in migrant workers.

Pattrick Smellie 10 Apr 2024
'Almost limitless cost increases': InfraComm on light rail
Policy

'Almost limitless cost increases': InfraComm on light rail

The commission gave a withering critique of light rail, new documents reveal.

Oliver Lewis 09 Apr 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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