New Zealand’s national median weekly rent dropped $15 a week month-on-month to $535, Trade Me said in its latest Rental Price Index report. The drop comes after a record-breaking high of $550 a week set in July and August. Rents in New Zealand’s biggest rental market and the city hit hardest by the latest COVID-19 […]

New Zealanders will be able to travel to New South Wales and Victoria from tomorrow without having to quarantine upon arrival. Under the rules of the one-way travel bubble visitors will need to be fully vaccinated and will require a negative Covid test within three days prior to departure. Australia’s Tourism Minister Dan Tehan says […]

Auckland-based educational software startup Kami, last week named the fastest-growing company in New Zealand in the Deloitte Fast50, has celebrated by giving each of its staff a $10,000 bonus. Kami was founded in 2013 by three Auckland university students looking for a way to digitally streamline their note-taking. The app has now been used in […]

There are 162 new community cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand today. 156 are in Auckland, five in Waikato and one in Northland. There are also four new cases at the border. The ministry said 53 people are in hospital, down from 56 yesterday – 15 in North Shore, 19 in Middlemore and 19 in […]

Aucklanders may have missed out on a public celebration of the popular Indian festival of lights, Diwali, this month because of lockdown restrictions, but festivities continue regardless – in a different format. The 20th Auckland Diwali Festival celebrations will now be held over 20 days – all online – in the lead-up to November 4, […]

Jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the 11th Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference (ALMAC) will be held on 2 and 3 November at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The event will be held in a hybrid […]

The Ministry of Health announced that seven new community cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Waikato Region today. This brings the total number of cases to 52, with 7 people fully recovered. In its statement the MoH advised that all seven cases are linked to known cases. Investigations are continuing to determine the […]

The APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] Chief Executive’s Summit will be opened by New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. The Summit, delivered online or virtually, will be held on 11 – 12 November and includes all 21 APEC member countries. New Zealand last hosted APEC in 1999, when the country was visited by then United States […]

Both Labour and National have agreed to work together to solve housing supply problems. Today Housing Minister Megan Woods and Environment Minister David Parker together with the Leader of the Opposition, Judith Collins announced the Housing Supply Bill which they say will allow as many as 105,500 new homes to be built in under 10 […]

StatsNZ announced yesterday that the annual inflation rate was 4.9 per cent, compared to the September 2020 quarter. The construction of new houses and local council rates were major contributors to the increase. Further increases included 10 of the 11 main groups in the CPI list, food and transport were highlighted. The second largest contributor […]