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NZTE exporter advice service to manage virus risk
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise has earmarked $4 million of its existing budget to fund a professional advice service to established exporters to help them manage through the coronavirus pandemic.Each exporter who applies will be given a voucher for up to $5,000 per business to ga...
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Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Bold, simple covid-19 package still comes with a warning
It is hard to overstate just how big today’s $12.1 billion covid-19 economic package is.It represents 4 percent of Gross Domestic Product.For people who don’t quite know what that means, imagine this: it’s nearly four times what New Zealand spends annually on its defence forces e...
Economy
NZ dollar rises on larger than expected $12.1b govt support package
The New Zealand dollar shot up more than half a US cent after the government announced a $12.1 billion rescue package for firms and employees hit by the coronavirus crisis. The kiwi jumped as high as 60.96 US cents from 60.41 just before the announcement and had recently settl...
Economy
Tax changes a laptop bonanza for business?
Buying laptops, microphones, cameras and other equipment needed to facilitate remote working by teams that have to work from home will be made cheaper under new temporary depreciation rules announced today, applying from April 1.Tax system changes for business taxpayers are in fo...
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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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