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Pattrick Smellie: Learning to love foreign direct investment
The Government is sprucing up the welcome mat for foreign investment.
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Luxon pitches Irish-style welcome
Luxon thinks NZ should lay out the welcome mat for multinationals the way the Irish do.
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Turning the Tap
Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up
After seven years of wheel-spinning, water reform is accelerating.
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Details of fast-track conflicts of interest released
Shane Jones disclosed eight conflicts of interest.
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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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