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Policy
Meridian: $10b to get to 100% renewable electricity
Newly committed wind and geothermal projects will move the system to 90% renewable over the next few years in a business as usual case.
Policy
$74m saving from govt's contactless card fee cap
Retail Payments Systems Bill will cap merchant fees for Paywave and contactless credit and debit transactions.
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Govt eats humble pie with symbolic backdown on public sector pay
The government may not have rescinded its public sector pay 'guidance', but it is firmly on the back foot after a ferocious trade union reaction.
Policy
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Retirement Commissioner concerned over Super residency bill
According to Jane Wrightson, the changes are being implemented too soon and older people will not have time to “make alternative financial plans”.
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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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