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Collins lays out plans to boost NZ’s AI uptake
Light-touch regulation aims to give businesses the confidence to experiment with AI.
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Former Education Ministry staff return as contractors
One former staffer was contracted out for three years at more than $270,000 per annum.
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Minister's $200m tobacco tax cut bypasses Cabinet requirements
Researchers say there's more evidence to support the repealed Smokefree policies.
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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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