Pattrick Smellie

The earnings season is coming to a close this week and Pattrick says there has been a lot of quite strong results, generally stronger than might have been anticipated by some analysts, but it remains… Audio

Panellists Pattrick Smellie and Janet Wilson discuss how the omicron outbreak is impacting GPs and the escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Audio

Panellists Pattrick Smellie and Janet Wilson share what they've been thinking. Audio

Pattrick talks to Kathryn about the IRD figures that show that a lot of business owners declared dividends last year, and paid tax in advance on those dividends, in order to avoid having to pay the… Audio

Neale Jones, Brigitte Morten, Pattrick Smellie Siouxsie Wiles and Andrew Holden look back on a tumultuous year. Audio

Neale Jones, Brigitte Morten, Pattrick Smellie Siouxsie Wiles and Andrew Holden look back on a tumultuous year. Audio

Keith Turner and Heather Simpson have turned up on the board of the national grid operator, Transpower. Pattrick delves into what that means. And the billion dollar government IT project you've never… Audio

There's been a large number of people leaving KiwiRail, Pattrick talks to Kathryn about what's driving it. Also, with the impending summer of Covid, a look at where rapid antigen testing is at… Audio

Pattrick has been closely following the Supermarkets inquiry, where the rubber is meeting the road with the duopoly terrified of being required either to divest stores to create a competitor or to… Audio

Panellists discuss accountability from the public sector, freedom camping in Auckland and the use of the term ‘anti-Vaxxer’. Audio

Panellists Nalini Baruch and Pattrick Smellie discuss Three Waters reforms, and ventilation in schools and workplaces. Audio

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie looks at the contradiction at the heart of Fonterra; what farmers want doesn't always make good business.

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Pattrick talks to Kathryn about the geopolitical and economic implications for NZ of the AUKUS defence treaty. He also looks at low user electricity tariffs finally being abolished and at the three… Audio

Pattrick has been digging deep into Mark Dunphy's bid to keep The America's Cup in New Zealand. He also looks at what the future of air travel may be like and what it will cost. Audio

Pattrick looks at whether Z Energy could be taken over by Ampol Australia - which owns Gull. And he appraises how New Zealand airports and airlines coping in the era of lockdowns, compared to those… Audio

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie joins Kathryn to look at the government's impending announcement this week about how New Zealand will open up to the world again. What decisions will need to be… Audio

Pattrick and Kathryn talk about the Meridian/Contact Energy proposal for a global scale 'green' hydrogen plant in Southland. Also the saliva testing saga, Pattrick says a small NZ start-up has quietly… Audio