Politics

Wang Yi visit highlights choices ahead for NZ
Politics

Wang Yi visit highlights choices ahead for NZ

After Wang Yi's visit, Luxon and McClay are both set to visit China later in the year.

Dileepa Fonseka 19 Mar 2024
Accelerated NZ EU FTA timeline gives kiwifruit exporters a full season
Politics

Accelerated NZ EU FTA timeline gives kiwifruit exporters a full season

The government has responded to kiwifruit industry concerns about the FTA.

Dileepa Fonseka 18 Mar 2024
Luxon struggling to connect: leaked poll
Politics

Luxon struggling to connect: leaked poll

Labour is wallowing too, and a brief period of net optimism has evaporated.

Pattrick Smellie 18 Mar 2024
'Scope, scope': The mantra behind Auckland Transport's $23m bet
Politics

Dileepa Fonseka: 'Scope, scope': The mantra behind Auckland Transport's $23m bet

Sometimes the key to blowouts is simple: order less, pay the right price and move fast.

Dileepa Fonseka 18 Mar 2024


Pattrick Smellie
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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