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How stalled is campervan tourism?
Recreational vehicles – aka as campervans – are big business in New Zealand, with as many as 20,000 trundling along the roads during high season.
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Retail
Financial hardship doubles - Centrix
More than 20,000 credit accounts have been flagged as being under “financial hardship”, more than doubling in the past month and up a third during the past week alone, according to credit bureau Centrix.The number of Kiwis opting for repayment “holidays” since the covid-19 lockdo...
Property
May data needed to judge covid impact on Auckland property market
The true impact of the covid-19 lockdown on Auckland’s property market may not show up until next month, after new house listings slowed to a snail's pace in April. Barfoot & Thompson said the 552 sales booked last month were almost half the 1,096 completed in March, while the...
Infrastructure
Uncertain smelter future delays transmission work
A project to reduce the impact of the potential closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter or a major production cut there may be delayed, generators say.
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