Domestic tourism OK under level 2, PM announces
Economy

Domestic tourism OK under level 2, PM announces

The government has thrown the tourism industry a limited lifeline, announcing travel around New Zealand will be permitted when the country moves down to alert level 2.

Pattrick Smellie 07 May 2020
Budget 2020: Chance to 'build back better' as virus 'resets the clock'
Economy

Budget 2020: Chance to 'build back better' as virus 'resets the clock'

Next Thursday's Budget will be the first outing for the government's vision not only to recover from the massive shock of the response to covid-19, but to "build back better."

Pattrick Smellie 07 May 2020
Fast-track ocean fish-farm for 300 jobs, says King Salmon boss
Coronavirus

Fast-track ocean fish-farm for 300 jobs, says King Salmon boss

Marlborough aquaculture firm New Zealand King Salmon says its Cook Strait ocean farming resource consent application should be a candidate for fast-tracking as it offers 300 permanent "green jobs" at a time the government is seeking economic revival following the covid-19 pandemi...

Pattrick Smellie 06 May 2020
Half of mall shops have stopped paying any rent: Retail Property Council
Property

Half of mall shops have stopped paying any rent: Retail Property Council

Half of the retailers in some of the country's largest shopping malls paid no rent in April and are unlikely to do so in May either.

Pattrick Smellie 05 May 2020