Trade Me: Despite record high salaries, NZ has a skills shortage
Finance Free

Trade Me: Despite record high salaries, NZ has a skills shortage

The average salary in NZ has increased by $3,000 but we still have a skills shortage.

The Fifa opportunity – let’s not blow it
Opinion

Jem Traylen: The Fifa opportunity – let’s not blow it

The government needs to stop making excuses and get us a tourism workforce now.

Jem Traylen 10 Apr 2023
For sale: $35m could buy you NZ's top-rated hotel
Property Free

For sale: $35m could buy you NZ's top-rated hotel

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has stayed there and so has the British royal family.

Brent Melville 31 Mar 2023
Slashing Auckland events budget 'ill-timed'
Law & Regulation

Slashing Auckland events budget 'ill-timed'

Hoteliers say proposed cuts will impact the city's post-covid economic recovery.

Brent Melville 30 Mar 2023


Brent Melville
Brent Melville

Senior Journalist

Brent is a senior reporter based in Queenstown. He previously worked for the Otago Daily Times, after a return to business journalism in 2018. Brent had an extensive career in corporate communications and strategic consulting, including for a range of public listed companies. You can follow him on Twitter @BrentMelville or connect with him on LinkedIn here.

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