Politics
Finance
Reserve Bank's money-printing losses continue to mount
Reserve Bank assistant governor Karen Silk said last month that the more than seven-fold increase in settlement cash since covid had no impact on inflation.
Politics
Nats MP Barbara Kuriger resigns from portfolios
The MP for Taranaki-King Country resigned following a “personal dispute” with the ministry for primary industries.
Policy
Free
Water bottling court case spillover
An engineer is warning a new consenting approach to wetlands and road drains will stop development in parts of Canterbury.
Politics
CCHL review to consider investment opportunities
Rocked by the abrupt exit of Tim Boyd, the council-owned company won't look for a new CEO until after a strategic review.
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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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