Business

Cargo planes starting to fill bellies
Primary Sector

Cargo planes starting to fill bellies

Air New Zealand Cargo has secured an additional 22 flights for the delivery of high-value goods to Shanghai during the coming fortnight.Regular service hasn’t exactly resumed, but it is a good start and positive news for importers and exporters, said Air New Zealand general manag...

Brent Melville 03 Apr 2020
Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry
Primary Sector

Letting butchers process pigs 'not enough' - pork industry

NZ Pork has expressed its disappointment with the agriculture minister's decision to allow butchers to process pork for supply to supermarkets and essential food processors only."It is good that they listened but our initial assessment is that won't make any significant change to...

Brent Melville 03 Apr 2020
Covid-19 can be decarbonisation catalyst - Transpower
Economy

Covid-19 can be decarbonisation catalyst - Transpower

Rebuilding the economy in the wake of covid-19 could prove an important catalyst for the country’s decarbonisation efforts, Transpower chief executive Alison Andrew says.The virus will do a lot of damage to a lot of people, and will require an immediate near-term response. But sh...

Gavin Evans 03 Apr 2020
Govt must resist private media bail-outs: Horton
Economy

Govt must resist private media bail-outs: Horton

The government must allow privately-owned news media to fail, says the owner of the country's largest private newspaper printing company, Horton Media.Chief executive Matthew Horton's comments came just before Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern angrily rejected suggestions the governm...

Pattrick Smellie 02 Apr 2020