Election 2020
With Labour returned to power for three more years, BusinessDesk's experienced team covers the post-election government formation and all of the fallout from the big day.
Retail
Ardern hints at mandatory contact tracing for businesses
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today warned businesses to encourage contact tracing or she might force it upon them. “My message to businesses is to put that poster up. We’ve always said it was voluntary, but we are at a point where if we don’t see widespread use, we need to ta...
Coronavirus
Regional lockdowns in prospect when covid returns, says PM
The government will try to use localised and regional lockdowns as a line of first defence when community transmission covid-19 reappears, as it will almost inevitably do, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced. At a press conference to outline the government's planning f...
ELECTION 2020: Judith Collins to lead National Party
A shell-shocked National Party caucus has tonight elected Judith Collins as its new leader.
Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: What do the Nats do now?
Todd Muller's only job as National Party leader was to lose the election better than it seemed Simon Bridges was destined to do. Whoever replaces Muller has an even simpler task: save as much of the furniture as possible. While Jacinda Ardern proved in 2017 that it is possi...
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