Politics

MPI investigates school lunch provider
Services

MPI investigates school lunch provider

Investigation after complaint about 'inaccurate labelling' of school lunches. 

Cécile Meier 21 Feb 2025
‘Tweak’ viewshafts to enable more Auckland high-rises
Infrastructure

‘Tweak’ viewshafts to enable more Auckland high-rises

Chris Bishop wants to maximise opportunities from the $5.5b City Rail Link project.

Oliver Lewis 21 Feb 2025
Manukau Harbour port option ‘technically feasible’
Infrastructure

Manukau Harbour port option ‘technically feasible’

Dredging a channel and port area would take several years and up to $1.2b.

Oliver Lewis 20 Feb 2025
Officials MIA on banking competition, say critics
Finance

Officials MIA on banking competition, say critics

Over-regulation of the banking sector is blamed for stifling competition.

Pattrick Smellie 20 Feb 2025


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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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