A High Court ruling means 4000 residents who were unable to come to New Zealand because of immigration rules can now travel here. Immigration New Zealand (INZ) will also resume making decisions on all offshore residence applications ahead of the border reopening next year. It follows a High Court ruling that Immigration New Zealand was […]

The six-day sale includes seats on five domestic and nine transtasman routes, including Auckland to Wellington from $22 and Auckland to Gold Coast (Coolangatta) from $129. Travel dates vary per route and include mid-January to mid-April and early May to early July 2022. Club Jetstar members will have early access to the sale from midday […]

Three years ago Hyundai NZ brought the first hydrogen powered car to New Zealand – the Nexo – but the only place it could refuel was the company’s own small plant out the back of its head office in Mt Wellington. Hyundai NZ General Manager Andy Sinclair described the Nexo’s importation as putting the “egg […]

Everywhere in New Zealand is coded with a colour: red, orange or green. Depending on the colour designated to where you are, you will need to follow specific rules. Red: At Red, we need to take action to protect our vulnerable communities and our health system from COVID-19. Orange: At Orange, there will be community […]

New Zealand is in the COVID-19 Protection Framework, also known as the traffic lights. Key components of the COVID-19 Protection Framework Vaccination High rates of vaccination is New Zealand’s key tool in protecting people and minimising the spread of COVID-19, and central to the settings in the framework. My Vaccine Pass My Vaccine Pass is […]

My Vaccine Pass is an official record of your COVID-19 vaccination status for use within Aotearoa New Zealand. It will allow you to access certain events and venues operating under the COVID-19 Protection Framework (traffic light system) Read below for information on who needs and doesn’t need a Vaccine Pass. How to get My Vaccine […]

The primary mega-trend driving the housing market over the years has been the long decline in inflationary pressures, which has allowed interest rates to drop significantly, increasing the incentive to borrow but also reducing the incentive to save. Amplifying this was the GFC in 2008 and subsequent rate cuts and programmes of quantitative easing overseas. […]

A New Zealand sheep milk producer with 13 Waikato-based suppliers has signed with a new Chinese distributor following an international trade expo in China. The China International Import Export event is normally one of the largest expos each year, and despite Covid-19 forcing organisers to scale things back, it was still a significant show. Twenty-two […]

Zespri has shipped out its final batch of New Zealand kiwifruit for 2021 from the Port of Tauranga, according to a press release on the company’s website. The shipment marks a successful end to New Zealand’s kiwifruit season. The final shipment weighed in at 1,800 tons and the freighter is due to unload at the […]

New Zealand and China strengthened their partnership in the higher vocational education sector with ideas and best practices exchange at the two-day long China-NZ Summit on Higher Vocational Education, on the sidelines of the recently concluded APAC TVET Forum. The China-NZ summit focused specifically on the bilateral partnership on higher vocational education. “New Zealand and […]