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Community in shock over potential closure of Kawerau mill

Owner Norske Skog has met with employees to begin consulting on future of operation.

Jarden Brief: A2 Milk slumps to lowest price in three years

Jarden's daily update on the latest market moves and shakes.

Richard Meade: We need to prepare our economy for Covid 2.0

Opinion: Could our economic resilience be assured with the provision of 'Covid loans'?

Higher US inflation: What it means for NZ markets, interest rates

Latest US inflation data has highlighted concerns about where inflation goes from here.

Jarden Brief: Why Discovery stock dropped 5.7 per cent

Jarden's daily update on the latest market moves and shakes.

Budget 2021: 'It's not a lolly scramble' - Deloitte CEO

Getting back to business as usual is probably for the next Budget, Thomas Pippos says.

Sasha Borissenko: Legal misconduct charge case raises hearsay evidence issue

COMMENT: Equating professional standards with criminal law standards can be problematic.

MBIE to provide payment range guidance for contractors

It will establish a range per job/contractor. e.g a carpenter being paid between $x and $x

Jobs ads at record levels - where the squeeze is happening

New data adds to fears of labour shortages restricting growth

Jarden Brief: Major US pipeline hit by cyber attack

Jarden's daily update on the latest market moves and shakes.

Don't expect border to reopen like a switch, Grant Robertson warns

Government looking at how to help businesses with skill shortages.

The Conversation: Preview of Australian Budget 2021

This has been dubbed the "pandemic Budget".

Watch: Grant Robertson responds to pay freeze criticism

Finance Minister Grant Robertson is making a pre-Budget speech.

Liam Dann: Why the Govt's pay freeze won't hold

Budget season is here again, but will the Government be spreading the fiscal cheer?

Market Watch: Stockmarkets due a pause as Covid recovery kicks in

Global markets are seeing a shift in investor focus from lock down to recovery stocks.

Hamish Rutherford: This week more about union than workers

The pay freeze will affect more than fair pay agreements. This week was about unions.