Politics

Anti-money laundering law needs 'major improvement'
Policy

Anti-money laundering law needs 'major improvement'

Justice minister Kiri Allan is expected to announce changes this afternoon.

Riley Kennedy 07 Nov 2022
NZ not backing down from dairy fight with Canada
Primary Sector

NZ not backing down from dairy fight with Canada

New Zealand is arguing its dairy exporters are effectively locked out of the Canadian market. 

Rebecca Howard 07 Nov 2022
Reserve Bank is making stuff up
Opinion

Jenny Ruth: Reserve Bank is making stuff up

Inflation was already well out of control long before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Jenny Ruth 07 Nov 2022
ACC's negative investment return still beats its benchmark
Finance

ACC's negative investment return still beats its benchmark

Accident Compensation Corp's investment portfolio posted a smaller loss than the 10.3% benchmark it tracks. 

Greg Hurrell 04 Nov 2022


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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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