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Politics
Cash for Candidates
Cash for Candidates: what's to change?
We could look to Canada where tax credits and a democracy voucher system are working.
Policy
Govt releases paper on how retirement villages operate
Retirement village owners could be stopped from charging residents’ fees after they die, and their estates repaid for property held within a deadline under options released for consultation on Wednesday. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development – Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – ha...
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Politics
Cash for Candidates
Cash for Candidates: what do you get?
What are political donors getting for their money, and how influential is it?
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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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