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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.

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.