Politics
Primary Sector
Fisheries bill doesn't pass sniff test
Stakeholders are divided over a proposal to fast-track fisheries decisions.
Politics
Huge win for NZ on 501s in major 'reset' of Australia relationship
Australia will exercise "common sense" when deporting 501s.
Infrastructure
18k new homes by 2024: Woods
The government is committed to building 18,000 new public and transitional houses by 2024, despite a net increase of just 21 in the year to May 2022.
Policy
PM soft-pedals on Chinese regional agenda
The prime minister has offered a conciliatory view of China's potential to do good in the Pacific region, as tensions between Beijing and Wellington grow over Chinese strategic ambitions in the region.
Prev
Pattrick Smellie
Founding Editor
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.
Followers will be emailed
articles by Pattrick