Govt considering special travel exemption for Chinese students

Govt considering special travel exemption for Chinese students
Pattrick Smellie
New Zealand universities are gearing up for a massive communications and logistical exercise if the government relaxes the ban on mainland Chinese students travelling here to study.Some 6,500 Chinese students, from a total of around 12,600, are stuck in China because of the covid-19 outbreak, which has seen all foreign travellers from China banned from entering the country since Feb. 2.The ban is causing havoc to the finances of New Zealand universities and other education providers, but 10 days of intense negotiations with government agencies...

More Services

Airwork on the block to repay $145m of bank debt
Law & Regulation

Airwork on the block to repay $145m of bank debt

Airwork has an outstanding intercompany loan of $35.83m, owes trade creditors $219,000.

Denise McNabb 11 Sep 2025
Risky Business: understanding NZ’s insurance sector
Services Editor’s note

Risky Business: understanding NZ’s insurance sector

BusinessDesk’s latest special project.

Victoria Young 11 Sep 2025
Assessing Spark's datacentre deal with PEP
Markets Analysis

Assessing Spark's datacentre deal with PEP

Could Spark be paying special dividends before the end of the decade?

Pattrick Smellie 13 Aug 2025
Food Chain report shows $9m owing
Services

Food Chain report shows $9m owing

More than $9.1m is owing in the liquidation of food supplier Food Chain, the first report in the insolvency shows. The company, which has ceased trading, had approximately 60 staff, and is also in receivership. The first liquidators' report of Adam Botterill and Damien Grant...

Staff reporters 11 Jul 2025