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Banks made $7.5b in new loans during lockdown
New Zealand's trading banks have provided businesses and consumers $7.5 billion in new loans since the country went into lockdown, with 13,559 business customers lent $5.5 billion and the balance going to 21,772 consumers.Another 13,549 business customers have moved to either...
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PRIME MINISTER: Statement on ending level 4 lockdown
Tēnā koutou katoa Over the past few weeks I have often used my time at this podium to acknowledge the people on the frontline. Today I want to remember the people in New Zealand who have lost someone to COVID-19, or the many more who had the terror of almost losing someone....
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Lockdown to end next Monday
New Zealand will spend the long ANZAC Day weekend in lockdown, moving to alert level 3 just before midnight on Monday, April 27, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told the nation.The announcement means from next Tuesday, not only essential industries but all businesses deemed to...
Infrastructure
HVDC outages impact Meridian
Meridian Energy's March operating earnings were down about 24 percent from a year earlier as upgrade work on the Cook Strait cable restricted electricity transmission to the North Island and covid-19 cut commercial and industrial demand at the end of last month.Forsyth Barr e...
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