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Reidy left KiwiRail after Greg Miller was appointed chairman and returns following Miller's abrupt resignation as CEO last November.
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While the Reserve Bank of NZ has often confused monetary policy and prudential policy, it's clear that interest rate movements have the biggest impact on house prices.
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Legislation to enact the "three waters" reforms amalgamating local body water infrastructure will coincide with this year's local government elections.
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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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