Politics
Politics
‘Comes at a cost’: Business leaders on Budget
Fiscal discipline is a good thing, but it has come at a price, say business leaders.
Politics
Budget 2025: 'No big bang' for infrastructure
Only one of three non-roading PPPs got funding in the Budget.
Policy
Opinion
Katrina Van Houtte: The elephant in the room
Budget 2025: Cross-parliamentary consensus is needed for infrastructure projects to flow.
Economy
Budget 2025: 20% depreciation boost
The initiative seeks to make capital investment more attractive.
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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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