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Urgent changes to stats bill needed
NZ Civil Liberties Council chair Thomas Beagle says the changes will turn Statistics NZ into a data broker.
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Highly skilled locals work better with migrants
Skilled and long-term migrants tend to be more productive than most locals.
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Weak case for govt building defects insurer
Officials are cold on the idea but haven't completely ruled out a public insurer for building defects.
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SFO considering NZ First judgment
Justice Pheroze Jagose today issued a not guilty verdict in the case of two men accused of fraud over donations to the NZ First Foundation.
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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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