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COVID-19: Business travel across Alert Level Boundaries
Movement between Alert Level Boundaries is restricted. There are Police check points to stop unnecessary travel. New Zealanders should continue to ensure their movement over the boundaries is for essential purposes only. An Alert Level Boundary separates areas of New Zealand that are at different Alert Levels. Workers will need to show proof that they […]
COVID-19: Face coverings at Alert Levels 2, 3 and 4
At Alert Levels 2, 3 and 4, most workers who interact with the public must wear a face covering. This includes workers who: Are delivering goods or food to homes, but only while they are out of the vehicle. Serve customers at a cafe, restaurant, bar, or any other businesses or service that serves food […]
New Zealand and Japan high schools win ‘dragon’s den’ style business pitches tackling Sustainable Development Goals
Five high schoolers from across New Zealand have been crowned winners in the inaugural BizVenture Programme, a pilot initiative led by Education New Zealand and its Japanese partners to give Kiwi and Japanese students a first-hand experience conceiving business solutions that address the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Forty specially selected students* from New Zealand and […]
‘Fear doesn’t work with unvaccinated’ – Sir John Key
Former Prime Minister Sir John Key believes the government needs to get out its cheque book, rather than rely on fear tactics to get people vaccinated. Sir John – who was Prime Minister from 2008 to 2016 – said that vaccination is the only way to return to normality where New Zealanders can travel overseas […]
Growers nervous of labour shortages despite imminent arrival of RSE workers
The arrival of seasonal workers from next week gives growers some certainty, but they fear the upcoming season will still be a big challenge. Seasonal workers arriving from the Pacific Islands next week will be able to skip MIQ and go to work during their isolation period. Vaccinated workers from Vanuatu can come in from […]
Some developers may be offered incentive by tax-rule exemption
New houses will be exempt for 20 years from changed tax rules aimed at cooling the housing market, but developers of long-term rental developments may be given an incentive. The government has clarified which properties will be exempt from its move to stop property investors being able to offset interest on loans on residential properties […]
Business confidence improves despite extended Covid restrictions
Businesses are feeling less pessimistic despite the Auckland Covid-19 outbreak dragging on. The ANZ New Zealand Business Outlook for September shows a net 7.2 percent are pessimistic, an improvement on the 14.2 percent who were pessimistic in August. But ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner said the own activity outlook was remarkably robust with a net […]
Cautious optimism over fast-track visa option for 165,000 migrants
New Zealand will welcome five times its usual number of new residents by the end of next year in what the government describes as the “biggest immigration decision in living memory”. Immigration Minister Kris Faafio said he wanted 165,000 migrants and their families to make New Zealand their home, a move welcomed by the business, […]
Hundertwasser Art Centre due to open in Whangārei
Hundertwasser Art Centre campaigners are counting down to opening day in Whangārei. Visitors will be welcomed on 15 December – the late artist’s birthday. Friedensreich Hundertwasser was one of the most famous European artists of the 20th century. He died in 2000 and was based near Kawakawa for the last decades of his life. He […]