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Politics
Public servants do their best, slow to admit error: survey
Public services need a 'learning loop' with their customers, say experts.
Economy
Government deficit $1.1b smaller than expected
Timing differences and higher tax revenues accounted for some of the improvement.
Politics
Business of Government: Scrappy New Year?
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Politics
NZ sends troops to Red Sea conflict
NZ will send a six-member defence force team to the Middle East to combat Houthi attacks.
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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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