Turning the Tap
Founding editor Pattrick Smellie and data journalist Zack Newman investigate financing for NZ's water infrastructure.
Finance
Water reforms not enough to stop council downgrades
Separate balance sheets for water assets won't help most councils.
Policy
Turning the Tap
Short-changing water investment affects 90,000 NZers
Boil notices for drinking water persist for years in some parts of the country.
Finance
Turning the Tap
‘Game-changer’ – paying for water infrastructure
A new way ahead exists to pay the huge cost of water infrastructure upgrades.
Policy
Turning the Tap
Turning the tap: Water reforms ramp up
After seven years of wheel-spinning, water reform is accelerating.
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.
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