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We uncover NZ’s $30 billion carbon target 'hole'
NZ's self-imposed carbon emissions reductions targets could cost $30b over the next eight years because of our heavy reliance on international markets.
Policy
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Adrian Macey and Dave Frame: NZ's climate change promise: leadership vs self-flagellation
Over the next nine years, NZ faces spending $30 billion on international carbon credits, not a cent of which will reduce a kilogram of carbon at home.
Policy
Golf NZ takes a swing at Auckland council over golf plan
Golf NZ has sent a letter threatening legal action to the council, saying its Golf Investment Plan had followed a poor process and that there were multiple “legal errors”.
Media
Govt reallocates $84m of NZ On Air cash to new public media entity
The move leaves a smaller pool of government funding for commercial operators.
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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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