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Auckland Council needs to fill $750m shortfall
Auckland Council is facing a "larger than expected" fiscal hole of $750 million this year, including a provision of $224 million to shore up its creaking water infrastructure. In announcing its decision to go with a 3.5 percent rates increase as part of its 'emergency budget'...
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Retail
Ardern hints at mandatory contact tracing for businesses
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today warned businesses to encourage contact tracing or she might force it upon them. “My message to businesses is to put that poster up. We’ve always said it was voluntary, but we are at a point where if we don’t see widespread use, we need to ta...
Policy
Gavin Evans: GAVIN EVANS: Southland jobs sacrificed to confused energy policy
The 2,600 jobs to be sacrificed in Southland next year are a high price to pay for confused energy policy and a multi-decade decline in this country’s economic ambitions. Despite the writing being on the wall for the Tiwai Point smelter since 2013, the plant – one of the world...
Infrastructure
Napier Port quarterly freight volumes slide
Freight volumes through Napier Port have rebounded from their April trough but remain below year earlier levels. The company, which in May cancelled its interim dividend given the uncertain outlook, said container volumes in the June quarter were equivalent to 74,000 20-foot u...
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