Coronavirus

Business-related coverage of the coronavirus outbreak and how it affects New Zealand.
Z Energy considers wage subsidy
Primary Sector

Z Energy considers wage subsidy

Z Energy will decide whether to apply for a government wage subsidy next week.

Brent Melville 29 Apr 2020
First Gas floats shovel-ready project speedup in virus wake

First Gas floats shovel-ready project speedup in virus wake

Gas distributor First Gas is looking at whether it can bring forward some projects to contribute to a national pipeline of infrastructure work and to help provide engineering work in Taranaki. The company, with fellow gas distributors Powerco and Vector, today announced a paym...

Gavin Evans 29 Apr 2020
Govt to force compromise on commercial rents
Property

Govt to force compromise on commercial rents

The government is working urgently to force commercial landlords and tenants to negotiate rent relief during the covid-19 lockdown periods, where they are refusing to do so.A Cabinet committee this morning discussed options tabled by Justice Minister Andrew Little and policy anno...

Pattrick Smellie 29 Apr 2020
Meat processing will be near normal under level 3 - Alliance
Primary Sector

Meat processing will be near normal under level 3 - Alliance

Alliance Group expects its processing capacity to be nearly normal under alert level 3, good news for farmers who have been facing a bottleneck as they look to offload stock before winter. What’s the difference? Among other things, workers are now able to be one metre apart ra...

Rebecca Howard 29 Apr 2020