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Opinion
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Air NZ's brutal outlook
The pessimistic forecast by Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran on Monday has at least two positive features.It clearly demonstrated that we are shutting our borders, which should reduce the number of inbound travellers with coronavirus.It also confirmed that our listed co...
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Primary Sector
Nutritional market spike benefits Mataura Valley
Southland milk formula producer Mataura Valley Milk is benefiting from a “significant spike” in demand for nutritional products into China as European milk volumes stall. Chief executive Bernard May said that while it was probably too early to forecast a trend, there was defin...
Policy
Govt support not a short-term fix – Robertson
Finance Minister Grant Robertson expects to cushion the blow of the covid-19 crisis for far longer than the just the national lockdown, which will plunge the economy into a deeper recession than during the global financial crisis.Robertson told the special parliamentary epidemic...
Primary Sector
Farmers want us to eat more pork, save their bacon
Pork producers say they may have to cull 20,000 or more pigs in the next four weeks if food manufacturers and supermarkets are unable to fill the gap left by the closure of independent butchers and restaurants.Pork NZ says the closure of butchers, food service and Asian supermark...
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