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Peters: Mfat won't get a 'cent' for IT fix
Deputy PM Peters demands foreign ministry fix governance and costs.
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Port of Auckland lease proposal dead
The port has promised higher profits over the coming decade.
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Mfat accepts it mismanaged $33m
Foreign ministry says it takes the mismanagement of public funds seriously.
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Rosemary Banks named NZ ambassador to US
Rosemary Banks has been appointed New Zealand's new ambassador to the United States.Banks, chair of the NZ-US Council, served as NZ's ambassador to Washington from 2018 to 2022. She has also headed NZ diplomatic missions to New York and Paris and served as deputy secretar...
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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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