Politics
Finance
Parliament announces inquiry into business and rural banking
Parliament has announced the terms of reference for its inquiry into banking competition, focusing on business and rural lending.Minister of Finance Nicola Willis requested the inquiry as part of a commitment outlined in the National Party and New Zealand First coalition agreemen...
Policy
Business of Government
Wage restraint, science mega-merger and more...
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Policy
Merging of Crown Research Institutes on the cards
A major re-organisation of the science and innovation system could be coming.
Opinion
Dileepa Fonseka: Will New Zealand be able to power itself?
Nothing is more humiliating than a society's inability to create the energy it needs.
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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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