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NZ's largest retirement business repaying $14.2m wage subsidy
This move follows three other retirement villages.
500 building projects impacted due to Covid, minister told
Building and construction is New Zealand's fourth-largest employer.
SkyPath design being reviewed after Harbour Bridge crash
SkyPath has faced years of controversy, delays and rising costs.
Warning NZ tourism industry may never recover
Fears NZ's Covid response will be less important to visitors as global vaccines roll out.
Councillors want answers over why contracts were granted exception from tender
Waikato Regional Council chairman defends council's 'white as snow' procurement process.
Govt's $16m to help desperate, jobless migrant workers
Emergency benefits are expected to help 5800 migrant workers, at a cost of $16 million.
Derek Cheng: The roll of the Covid dice and a close encounter with lockdown
Such poor luck in the student getting Covid. Such great luck in averting further spread.
Free tickets offered to see NZ's biggest transport project
People will be able to see the $13.5m TBM at her Mt Eden site.
Business Insider: Look in the mirror for wage subsidy guidance, Robertson says
The inside word on New Zealand's business community.
Retirement business to repay $6.8 million wage subsidy
"In spirit of scheme to return subsidy" - EQT's Ken Wong
Mike Hosking: So where is the evidence of urgency from this new Government?
OPINION: The Government has had two weeks to get cracking. All we've had is biscuits.
Hawke's Bay to get 10 new kaitiaki rangers
New team employed by the Te Wai Mauri Environmental Trust, funded through the PGF.
The tale of Ian Swney: Spray-can-wielding wage subsidy avenger
How a bike ride turned into a one-man rampage against perceived corporate privilege.
It's here! $13.5m tunnel borer for City Rail Link arrives
Truck convoy to move machine from port to Mt Eden tunnel portal site.
New carpark, pool, playground for Whanganui Intermediate
The school has multiple property improvement projects on the go.
How new Labour Govt could change real estate law
'This will probably see body corporate managers regulated' - Pidgeon.
Towns on tenterhooks: Tourism's fight to survive on West Coast
Skydivers are among those now doing work for DoC to make ends meet.
Former Viaduct Capital director fails in costs bid after fraud convictions quashed
Richard Blackwood wanted more than $75,000 after having his convictions overturned.
Coronavirus: 48 returnees have paid for managed isolation
Some 24,236 people arrived in New Zealand between August 11 and October 13.
Watch: Tunnel boring machine for $4.4b rail project assembled, arriving soon
Machine to work 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Emergency accommodation providers claim thousands in wage subsidies
One company was paid $12m to house the homeless, but still claimed $50k in subsidies.
Ardern rebuts Collins' 'corruption' claims over Govt's $100m spend
'Verging on corruption': National crying foul over Govt announcement so close to election.
Editorial: NZ tourists and taxpayers deserve pat on the back
Editorial: The NZ taxpayer and domestic tourists are propping up the sector.
Unusual items cast cloud over Warehouse profit
Analyst defends Warehouse profit made possible courtesy of the wage subsidy.
Privacy, security concerns delay CovidCard trials
A trial of the bluetooth technology was due to start in Rotorua a month ago.
Grant Dalton dismissed warnings over America's Cup cost-cutting
Team New Zealand boss dismissed warnings that cost cutting could risk injury or death.
City of Fails: Two decades of Auckland's broken bridge, rail tracks and water supply
Aucklanders face the prospect of severe water restrictions this summer.
Mood of the boardroom: Confidence plummets as Covid worries weigh on business
A survey of the nation's top bosses has revealed what they really think.
Air New Zealand puts 2021 date on capital raising
The airline has already started drawing down a Government loan.
Meet the candidates: Mark Cameron
Act Party Northland candidate Mark Cameron to get tough on gangs in fight against meth.
Air NZ hike fares over lockdown: Kiwis complain of price gouging
As data shows fare spikes, Shane Jones is questioning the obligations of $900m bailout.
Editorial: Student loans, overseas graduates and the Covid recovery
Editorial: We need our overseas grads and they want our refuge from a Covid-ravaged world.
CovidCard NZ's best way to open border - Sir Peter Maire
Clash over tracking technology continues.