Hospitality businesses call for takeaways to be permitted at alert level 4
Letting business still provide food would save thousands of jobs.
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David Seymour said 'this will be devastating because people have recovered'.
Michael Barnett: If they can do it safely let them stay open
Small business owners want to be able to trade - with strict compliance in place.
Jarden Brief: Reserve Bank guidance steadies market
Announcements of subsidies and easing may have stemmed expected sell-off.
Covid-19: NZ adopts China's approach to avoid Australia's fate
Man who first warned finance minister of Covid danger says economy is "on a knife edge".
RBNZ shows 'preference' for negative OCR
Central bank could lend direct to retail banks to ensure OCR cuts get to customers.
Govt contemplates Auckland wage subsidy if lockdown continues
Grant Robertson has met with Treasury officials over a possible Auckland-targeted package.
No one believes it's going to only go on for three days - BusinessNZ
BusinessNZ urges Government to release all it knows about the latest outbreak.
Reserve Bank to print more money - up to $100 billion
The Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate unchanged.
How level 3 impacts 250,000 Auckland workers
Back to the drawing board for economists trying to make forecasts.
Covid-19 job losses hit oldest and youngest workers hardest
True picture of UK jobs market 'much worse' than official data indicated.
Retail booms as Kiwis eat, drink and buy new furniture
Hospitality and home building drive card spending to a higher levels than a year ago.
How strong is the economic recovery? Reserve Bank to deliver its verdict
To print or not to print - the RBNZ's next big call is whether to expand the QE programme.
UK poised to suffer the biggest Covid-19 blow of any major economy
Britain's economy shrinks by 23% over the first-half of 2020 due to drop in spending.
Why forecasters got Covid unemployment wrong
How did forecasters get their unemployment predictions so wrong?
The seawall holds - new figures on business failures
Analysis of Companies Office filings throws up some surprising results.
Matthew Hooton: Unemployment figures another disaster for National
Unemployment isn't really down to 4 per cent, but it's no good arguing with the ref.
Thousands of stressed workers download wellbeing app
A wellbeing app has been adopted by big businesses and had more than 60,000 downloads
Brian Fallow: People for jobs, jobs for people
Government can ease the pain of losing work, and encourage employers to hire.
Bullied for Asperger's but now a Covid-born jewellery success
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Beirut blast follows economic mismanagement
Quarter of population already live in poverty even before blast destroyed grain silos.
Architect told boss lucrative golf club project was on hold - then did the job himself
Senior architect secretly took on job then worked on the project during work hours.
Craig Eliffe: NZ faces big tax questions but is targeting the wealthy the answer?
Green Party's proposed wealth tax raises important questions about the taxation system.
What Covid crunch? Unemployment drops to 4 per cent
StatsNZ labour data defies expectations.
Worker paralysed in fall awarded more than $400,000
The worker fell four metres from a ladder and sustained 'serious spinal damage'.
Covid-19: US economy takes a 32.9 per cent dive
The job layoffs continue as virus cases continue to rise.
Businesses struggling at new Commercial Bay shopping precinct
The country's newest upmarket shopping mall is giving some shops a rent holiday.
Christopher Niesche: Battered Aussies eye NZ covid strategy
Thoughts of an economic recovery in Australia are a long way off.
Arborist awarded $12,000 after drunken joyride in work truck
Dismissal process sees arborist awarded $12,000 despite "stupid decision" to get in car.
Does RBNZ need to ramp up the printing press?
A much better than expected bounce in the domestic economy could mean no need.