24 Aug 2021

Business commentator Pattrick Smellie

From Nine To Noon, 11:11 am on 24 August 2021

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 overseas?.

A deserted international arrival hall, at Auckland Airport during the Covid-19 level 3 lockdown, Auckland on 7 May  2020.

Photo: Brett Phibbs / PhibbsVisuals

Pattrick Smellie is the editor and co-founder of BusinessDesk and has reported on the New Zealand economy and business since 1983.