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 pull apart the vertically integrated supply chain from warehouse to supermarket shelf.
Also an assessment of how well the Three Waters policy has been sold, and Climate Change Minister James Shaw will head to COP26 in Glasgow with improved emissions reduction targets on his mind.
Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.