Politics
Primary Sector
Labour and rural sector relationship broken down ‘too much’ – Hipkins
What went wrong, and HWEN.
Policy
Explainer
New scrutiny process puts ministers in the hot seat
MBIE faces 15 hours of questioning in one week – it used to be 90 minutes a year.
Services
Govt 'will consult' on NZ Post review, minister says
The deadline for a review of the postal service is up this month.
Policy
Shrinking public service workforce hit peak in December
Spending on consultants is also trending down.
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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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