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Global Reputation
NZ third least corrupt country but our halo is slipping
Our slow decline is attributed to a lack of confidence from the business community.
News in Brief
Green party co-leader James Shaw resigns
Shaw has been in the job for nearly nine years.
Finance
Pattrick Smellie: National's first tax priority: passing Labour's legislation
Will changing the trust tax rate also discourage direct share investment?
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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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