Politics
Primary Sector
More workers promised under Nat’s primary sector policy
A National government would double the number of seasonal workers.
Politics
Economists dubious over National's foreign buyer tax claims
Economists are questioning the assumptions behind National’s tax plan, saying the party is unlikely to raise the $2.9 billion in revenue National needs from it to make its tax promises add up.Three experts, former economist Sam Warburton, former Reserve Bank head of financial mar...
Politics
Peter Griffin: Budget pressure will crimp Nats’ plans to digitise government
Any major uptick in spending on digital services will be hard to justify; whoever wins.
Markets
Chasing best practice key to NZ Super Fund’s success
The latest bounceback is indicative of the fund's long-term performance.
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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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