News in Brief
News in Brief
New car sales fall 17.5%
The brake is still on for new car sales, with registrations down 17.5 percent, or 2,438, at 11,514 new cars on the road in June compared to a year earlier, according to Motor Industry Association data.In the year to date, new registrations have slumped 29.1 percent, hit hard by t...
Infrastructure
KiwiRail picks Manawatu hub site
KiwiRail has selected a site north-east of Palmerston North for its new inter-modal freight hub.The location, between the city’s airport and Bunnythorpe, had always been a strong contender given its proximity to the city’s expanding north-east industrial zone.Regional Development...
Services
$10m lifeline for major events
The government has allocated $10 million to help salvage nationally or regionally ‘significant’ events that provide the greatest flow-on benefit to regional economies in the wake of covid-19.Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford said that while the fund won’t save every even...
No Air NZ flights to Melbourne for the next fortnight
Air New Zealand will not operate passenger services from Auckland to Melbourne for the next fortnight due to Australian government restrictions.No international passengers are eligible to arrive into Melbourne from July 1 to July 14 in an effort to reduce the spread ofcCovid-19 w...
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