Politics
Policy
We must win confidence: Meridian
Meridian’s annual report underlines the growing gap between the new generation the sector knows it must deliver in the coming decades and what is being built.
Economy
Reserve Bank wants feedback on policy for overseas bank branches
The Reserve Bank says its proposals will help level the playing field, reduce the regulatory burden for branches of overseas banks and will also protect financial stability.
Retail
Supermarket wars: small suppliers get new weapon
The government's threat to regulate supermarket pricing will let small producers gang up for a better deal.
Economy
Silk focused on team, not Reserve Bank top job
Silk sees a woman as RBNZ governor eventually but doesn't say if she'd be gunning for it. For now, she's focused on leading her teams.
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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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