Politics
Policy
Government to set up single science funding body
Research Funding NZ will replace at least three existing funding bodies.
Economy
Reserve Bank to ease mortgage loan-to-value ratios
The bank is relaxing LVR settings from the start of December.
Politics
'Meth' ministry moves: staffing data sought for four-way merger
Work is progressing on a four-ministry merger with the pejorative nickname ‘Meth’.
News in Brief
Govt agencies must assess wider benefit to NZ under new procurement rules
New Zealand businesses will have a better shot at winning government contracts as a result of changes to government procurement rules, Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis said.The new rules will take effect on Dec 1. More than 900 submissions were received during consultation....
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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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