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Govt won't dip into covid fund for $1.6b wage subsidy extension
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Govt won't dip into covid fund for $1.6b wage subsidy extension

The government won’t need to tap the $14 billion contingency in its covid response and recovery fund to cover the wage subsidy extension.

Paul McBeth 17 Aug 2020
NZ entry approved for US billionaire's golf course designers
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NZ entry approved for US billionaire's golf course designers

A golf course designer and three 'shapers' have been approved entry to New Zealand as critical workers for US billionaire Ric Kayne’s coastal Te Arai Links courses. 

BlueScope warns of 'substantial' job losses at Glenbrook
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BlueScope warns of 'substantial' job losses at Glenbrook

BlueScope Steel is preparing to spend up to A$50 million to lay off a “substantial” number of staff and reduce the scale of its New Zealand operations.

Gavin Evans 17 Aug 2020
Tauranga port caught in tougher border regime; 7 new cluster cases
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Tauranga port caught in tougher border regime; 7 new cluster cases

Port of Tauranga has been ordered to test everyone who works there for covid-19 as part of a crackdown at the border, while there are signs the latest community outbreak in Auckland may have been contained.  Director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield today announced seven ne...

Paul McBeth 15 Aug 2020