Politics
News in Brief
Covid bump finally ends for government consulting spend-up
But staff numbers have risen.
Infrastructure
Pattrick Smellie: Good early call from Willis on ferry upgrade blow-out
NZ First's fingerprints are all over the ferry upgrade boondoggle, now canned.
Economy
Reserve Bank says remit change consistent with its advice
Law change sees Reserve Bank go back to single remit.
Infrastructure
Government sinks Interislander project after $1.5b blowout
The new government has rejected a funding bid by KiwiRail, ending the ferry project.
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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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