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Auckland retailers on ‘brink of disaster’ under level 3 lockdown
The spread of Level 3 lockdowns is devastating news for Northland and Waikato retailers, and is…
Pressure mounts on PM Ardern to end lockdown
The powerful Employers and Manufacturers’ Association (EMA) is asking prime minister Jacinda Ardern for a precise…
Hospo industry needs targeted support to survive lockdown, say sector leaders
Jacinda Ardern’s decision to leave lockdown levels unchanged will result in more hospitality and accommodation businesses…
Retailers angry at government’s demand that staff be tested for covid
Retail NZ and Hospitality NZ have concerns about the Government’s demand that retail workers get covid-19…
Get $50,000 if you’re injured or die because of a covid jab
In Australia insurance firms Zurich Life and OnePath Life will pay their customers more if they…
New businesses to get lockdown support payments
The Government’s Resurgence Support Payment (RSP) has been updated to better support newly established businesses. The…
‘One lockdown too many’ risks wiping hospitality businesses off the map
Many hospitality businesses will fail as a result of the present lockdown unless the Government gives…
New businesses left out of government lockdown support
Press release: The Labour Government must extend Covid support to new businesses established in the past…
Government tightens grip on track and trace across all covid alert levels
Mandatory record keeping across alert levels 1, 2, 3, and 4, is being introduced for busy…
Employers need to step up as lockdown continues
Press release: It is the responsibility of business owners who have staff working from home during…
Small businesses bear brunt of government lockdown
Press release: Small Kiwi businesses are set to bear the brunt of the lockdown extension and…
Fuel security at risk with closure of Marsden Point – petition launched to save it
A petition by Social Credit leader Chris Leitch calling on the government to keep the Marsden…
Jacinda Ardern’s government makes a grab for your water
Press release: Federated Farmers says it is profoundly disappointed to see the Water Services Bill reported…
Government signs space deal with LeoLabs
Press release: The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has signed a multi-year agreement between…
40% of Kiwis oppose Jacinda Ardern’s clean car scheme
The Government’s clean car scheme, which took effect on 1 July, has split support from Kiwis.…
Rocket Lab military satellite launch prompts Kiwi petition for peace in space
In March 2021 New Zealand-based Rocket Lab launched a US military Space Missile Defense Command payload…
Business-owners stressed and depressed
A new study from Business Mentors New Zealand has found seven out of ten small business…
Rural communities battle government’s agenda to control businesses and land use
The Agricultural Action Group was formed by Robert Wilson, Fred Roberts, and Heather Meri Pennycook on…
GCSB points finger at China for cyber hacks
Without a suspected Chinese spy sitting in the New Zealand parliament Xi Jingping – China’s president…
When it comes to news and information… who’s your daddy?
Press release: “The Government is extending its tentacles into nearly every area of media with an…
Farmers increasingly angry at government
Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard says he’s not surprised frustration and anger about the deluge of…
Profiteering over covid jabs by big pharma
Pharmaceutical companies and their bosses and shareholders stand to make billions from covid vaccines, in one…
Kiwi company working on T-Cell covid ‘vaccine’ with Swiss firm
New Zealand vaccine researcher COVID-19 Vaccine Corporation (CVC) has signed a collaboration agreement with not-for-profit Vaccine…
Crew of Kiwi fishing trawler dump 3 kilometre net at sea
Talley’s bottom trawler the Amaltal Enterprise had just dumped a giant three kilometre net at sea,…
‘Buyer beware’ when it comes to ‘fresh’ fruit
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has put industry profit before peoples health in its…