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Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: NZ GDP – Smashing all previous records
Statistics NZ revealed this week that the economy contracted by 1.6 percent in the March quarter
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Coronavirus
Healthcare a great 2 for 1 investment for govt: Bloomfield
Increased spending on healthcare represents a great "two for one" deal for the economy, director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield says. Investment in the health sector as part of the country's post-covid 'new normal' plan can be both a jobs provider but also a generator of...
Markets
MARKET OPEN: Investor unease may weigh on local market
New Zealand’s stock market may be in for a soft end to the week as investor unease weighed on US and European equities, and local data showed the economy to be in a worse state than most analysts had predicted. Wall Street was generally weaker as new US jobless claims overshad...
Policy
Puhoi to Warkworth PPP claim adds pressure to stretched land transport fund
The New Zealand Transport Agency has provided for an $83 million claim on the unfinished $709.5 million Puhoi to Warkworth road, adding even more pressure to an already stretched budget.The project is the second public-private partnership used by the NZTA and, like Transmission G...
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