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Govt seeks shovel-ready projects for when shutdown ends
The government wants "shovel-ready" building projects to kick off as soon as the shutdown ends, just a day after Infrastructure New Zealand warned of steep job losses in the sector.Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford and Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones have tasked a gr...
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Policy
Covid-19 elimination plan lacks clear targets: Otago professor
The government needs to adopt clear targets and timelines for eliminating the spread of covid-19, epidemiologist David Skegg has told MPs in the first public hearings of a new parliamentary select committee with oversight powers on the national state of emergency.Speaking to the...
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A third of construction jobs at risk, says Infrastructure NZ
Many New Zealand infrastructure companies are within weeks of insolvency, putting as many as 30 percent of jobs in the sector at risk within three months unless a staged return to work can be arranged, the sector's main industry body has warned.That loss of nearly one-third of st...
Primary Sector
Newsprint-maker Norske Skog grapples with shutdown order
Paper maker Norske Skog wants to keep its Tasman mill at Kawerau operating for another week while it still has fibre supplies rather than go through a costly plant closure. The operation was declared essential by the government last week but cleared to operate for only nine da...
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