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Summerset says tradie tenders down 3-12%
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Summerset says tradie tenders down 3-12%

Summerset Group's build progamme has been slowed by the coronavirus crisis but one side effect is that tradies are cutting their prices by anywhere between 3 percent and 12 percent.

Jenny Ruth 19 Aug 2020
Industrial tenants able to shrug off covid impacts best, lease data show
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Industrial tenants able to shrug off covid impacts best, lease data show

Industrial tenants continued to be the most desirable though July, with 88 percent of their leases paid on time and above the average across overall commercial leases of 85 percent for the month. This average is up from 80 percent in June but still below the pre-covid monthly ave...

Brent Melville 18 Aug 2020
Health officials bar Summerset from testing staff, residents
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Health officials bar Summerset from testing staff, residents

Retirement village operators still can't get their staff and residents tested for covid-19, even though it's well-established that their residents are most at risk of the worst impacts of the virus.

Jenny Ruth 18 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. 



Oliver Lewis
Oliver Lewis

Infrastructure Editor

Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South. 

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