Life returns to new 'normal' tonight at alert level 1
Economy

Life returns to new 'normal' tonight at alert level 1

New Zealand will return to life as normal, but with its borders closed, from midnight tonight.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Jun 2020
Is the art market covid-proof? Well, just maybe
Markets Free

Is the art market covid-proof? Well, just maybe

Wellington art auction house Dunbar Sloane marked the end of an era this week, bringing the hammer down - or in this case, an HB pencil clasped in the left hand of veteran auctioneer Anthony Gallagher - on a stylised bronze coin by New Zealand sculptor Terry Stringer titled, fitt...

Pattrick Smellie 06 Jun 2020
Trans-Tasman bubble details imminent - Canberra airport seeks attention
Coronavirus

Trans-Tasman bubble details imminent - Canberra airport seeks attention

A detailed set of proposals for the creation of a trans-Tasman travel 'bubble' is due to be delivered to the New Zealand and Australian governments later today or tomorrow by the peak business body that has been working on the initiative. But just as the Australia-New Zealand...

Pattrick Smellie 04 Jun 2020
Ardern defends Monday timing for level 1 call
Coronavirus

Ardern defends Monday timing for level 1 call

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is sticking to next Monday, June 8, as the first date that the government will consider whether to remove remaining restrictions on public life to contain the spread of covid-19. Ardern is under intense pressure from business groups, her own coali...

Pattrick Smellie 03 Jun 2020