NZ could be at covid alert level 1 by late June
Coronavirus

NZ could be at covid alert level 1 by late June

Late June is shaping up as the time for New Zealand to be operating more or less as it did before covid-19 lockdowns began in late March, apart from onerous restrictions on international travel remaining. The government would consider whether and when the country could move to...

Pattrick Smellie 25 May 2020
ELECTION 2020: Muller names women to top three roles; Amy Adams returns
Election 2020

ELECTION 2020: Muller names women to top three roles; Amy Adams returns

Newly elected National Party leader Todd Muller has put three women in the top three slots in his reshuffled Cabinet, naming Amy Adams at number three and in a key economic policy-making role as she confirms her decision not to retire from politics. Serial leadership aspirant...

Pattrick Smellie 25 May 2020
Stuff stays independent and local in management buyout

Stuff stays independent and local in management buyout

National news publisher Stuff is returning to local ownership after 17 years in Australian ownership, in a management buyout priced at just $1 to the company's current New Zealand chief executive, Sinead Boucher.

Pattrick Smellie 25 May 2020
The Koru Lounge is back - but not as we knew it
Services

The Koru Lounge is back - but not as we knew it

Forget loading up your plate with those cheese and chives sandwiches.And as for swiping a complimentary beer from the fridge, forget it.From today, many of Air New Zealand's Koru Lounges open for the first time since the level 4 lockdown began in late March, but restaurant ta...

Pattrick Smellie 25 May 2020