Politics
Politics
Auditor general blows holes in three waters proposals
Parliament's chief financial and organisational scrutineer is concerned the new water service entities will be less accountable both to their communities and to Parliament than the arrangements in place today.
Politics
Landmark US climate bill: the details
After an epic struggle, the US Senate has passed a landmark climate change, tax and healthcare bill that Joe Biden hopes will help the Democrats in the mid-term elections.
Primary Sector
NZ stuck on primary export path
MBIE research shows we're world-class farmers so ... we should stay farming, says MBIE.
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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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