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The Minister of Immigration is adamant the government will not let oveseas workers cut corners through border controls to fix a horticulture labour shortage. Growers around the country are facing a crisis like they’ve never seen before. Usually, about 14,000 workers come in to the country to work the apple season, taking part in the […]
Hawke’s Bay has recorded the largest increase in visitor spending in August, rising 10 percent to $45 million dollars. It was the only region in the North Island to experience growth, with Auckland suffering the largest drop in visitor spending, down 61 percent to $255m, compared to August 2019, according to figures from the Ministry […]
More than 6000 complaints about employers have been lodged with the government since the start of March. That’s more than 10 times as many as during the same seven-month period last year. The data, released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to RNZ, records people wanting government help to resolve a workplace […]
Flood protection for Whakatāne’s town centre is about to get a much-needed upgrade to protect people and property against a one-in-100-year flood. Project Future Proof has been drawn up to upgrade stopbanks and floodwalls surrounding the central business district and address seepage issues. It was presented to Whakātane District councillors yesterday by staff from the […]
Businesses are optimistic about the future for the first time since Covid-19 emerged. ANZ’s preliminary monthly survey for October, titled “Party like it’s 2019”, shows businesses have reported improving confidence in their markets. The responses come as Auckland and the rest of the country get closer to a return to regular life, with decreasing alert […]
Political parties are putting the issue of mental health strongly in focus. But there’s a wave of youth anxiety, mental distress and worries about Covid-19 heading this way – and the services already in place are being overwhelmed. Fears of failing at school, failing at life, and the big issue of climate change add to […]
New Zealand is used by a World Health Organisation spokesperson as an example of a country whose Covid-19 response has been effectively communicated to communities. WHO’s special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, recently told a British magazine the organisation now believes lockdowns should only be used to buy authorities time to set up the […]
All community cases in New Zealand’s second Covid-19 outbreak have recovered, with the health minister saying the virus has been “squashed”. The news comes as the Ministry of Health announced there were three new cases of the virus detected in managed isolation on Wednesday. The ministry said all patients from the recent Auckland outbreak have […]
The government has agreed to let 250 international postgraduate students back into New Zealand under a special exemption scheme. The students will have to complete the mandatory two weeks’ isolation in a government managed facility and could start arriving as soon as next month. Universities New Zealand has welcomed the move but says it is […]
The Waiū Dairy factory in Kawerau is receiving a $4.9 million commercial loan from the PGF to achieve its goals. Waiū Dairy Limited Partnership will use the loan to expand the factory and install capital equipment, including a butter processor, packaging machine and cool store. The new equipment will allow cream and bulk butter to […]
