NZ needs to be ready to live with covid-19 - Auckland Airport CEO

Thu, 20 Aug 2020

Covid-19 is here to stay and the private sector needs to “put in some hard yards” in helping the government prepare New Zealanders to live with the virus, Auckland International Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood says. “We can’t all expect the government to do all the work on trying to reset our country for this,” he told BusinessDesk. “I think every day needs to be invested to try and get our country ready to live with this and the same applies to the border,” he said. The biggest challenge – said Littlewood – is preserving and en...

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