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Policy
Calls for modern slavery legislation grow
The chance for New Zealand to be world-leading in modern slavery is long gone.
Policy
ProdCom head lashes ‘cruel, thoughtless’ closure process
Staff were shown a 'lack of respect', says the outgoing commission chair.
Transport
Simeon Brown to write to fuel distributors over regional tax removal
Brown wants savings from the repeal of the Auckland fuel tax to be passed on.
Policy
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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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