Politics
Policy
Airlines told to find ways to keep freight moving
Transport Minister Phil Twyford wants airlines to put forward proposals to keep capacity on key air freight routes for at least the next six months.Up to $330 million will be made available to ensure those routes are maintained, and to deal with any other issues that may arise in...
Policy
Crown Law advice on Auditor-General sacking 'manifestly deficient'
Crown Law advice on the 2017 sacking of former Auditor-General Martin Matthews was “manifestly deficient” and didn’t reflect the important constitutional protection afforded him or other key independent officers of Parliament, MPs heard last week.Ken Keith, former Supreme Court j...
Economy
Free
So just what is an essential service?
As New Zealand prepares to lock down all non-essential services for at least four weeks, questions are swiftly emerging about what exactly constitutes an essential service.Unite against covid-19, a New Zealand government website, said essential services are those that continue to...
Economy
Wage subsidies extended; business loans, mortgage support coming
The government has scrapped the $150,000 upper limit a business can claim under the covid-19 wage subsidy scheme as part of a wider package of new initiatives to make credit available to viable firms and take the pressure off home mortgage payments.Finance Minister Grant Robertso...
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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