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Auckland Airport passengers plunge 42%
Infrastructure

Auckland Airport passengers plunge 42%

Auckland International Airport’s passenger volumes almost halved during March, falling 42 percent to 1.08 million, as travel restrictions were imposed by the government to contain the covid-19 outbreak. International passengers were down 43.2 percent at 513,455, while domestic pa...

Staff reporters 16 Apr 2020
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Napier container volumes up
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Napier container volumes up

Napier Port handled the equivalent of 135,000 twenty-foot containers in the six months through March, 7.5 percent more than a year earlier.Export containers were marginally higher at 60,000 TEUs, while imports rose by 9.3 percent to 69,000 due to earlier import repositioning of e...

Staff reporters 16 Apr 2020
Communication vital for construction operations under level 3
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Communication vital for construction operations under level 3

Directors of two Australian construction firms say increased communication and paying attention to small operational changes are key to operating under alert level 3.The New Zealand government today released guidelines for which sectors will be able to open up under level 3 if th...

Dan Brunskill 16 Apr 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: Covid-19 tracing complexities require a better approach
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Covid-19 tracing complexities require a better approach

As we prepare to emerge from level 4 lockdown, uncertainty remains over one important area of the government’s epidemic response — contact tracing.

Peter Griffin 16 Apr 2020