Stats NZ confident March quarter CPI data is robust
Almost half of the prices collected for Stats NZ's consumers price index are done by field collectors in-store, something that was halted by the covid-19 lockdown.Most of the quarterly collection had been completed when the covid-19 lockdown began to impact, Stats NZ said. “We ha...
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...
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...
Don't rush lockdown exit - CTU
The Council of Trade Unions has warned against rushing out of lockdown too quickly, saying a resurgence in the virus outbreak would be bad for public health and the economy.President Richard Wagstaff told Parliament’s epidemic response committee that while there was an expectatio...
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