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Three waters ‘balance sheet separation’ decoded
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Andreas Heuser: Three waters ‘balance sheet separation’ decoded

Will the national government underwrite local utilities’ debts?

Antarctica NZ considers alternatives to 'red status' Scott Base rebuild
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Antarctica NZ considers alternatives to 'red status' Scott Base rebuild

Commercial disagreements, cost blow-outs and staff turnover have plagued the project.

Oliver Lewis 15 Dec 2023
Good early call from Willis on ferry upgrade blow-out
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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.

Pattrick Smellie 14 Dec 2023


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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