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Auckland Council development agency Panuku is reviewing a number of major projects due to a projected $500m revenue loss because of Covid-19.

Senior National MP Amy Adams has backtracked on her retirement plans after a change of leadership last week and is ranked third in caucus following a minor reshuffle. Video

Dominic Cummings says he "obviously" will not be quitting as the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's chief adviser over claims he broke coronavirus lockdown rules. He said he did the...

The rental and leasing industry has been changed forever by the Covid-19 crisis and is facing big structural changes shaped by technology.

There were no new cases of Covid-19 announced after the first weekend of level 2 rules, as kids get back to school for the first time in weeks.

There are no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand after the first weekend of level 2 rules. Video

The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved a $3 trillion ($NZ5t) bill crafted by Democrats to boost a faltering economy rocked by the Covid-19 pandemic.

ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner says the government is being too optimistic with how high and how long unemployment figures will be over the next few years. Audio

Opinion - It's a politically-astute Budget, but anyone looking for big transformative change will be underwhelmed by Grant Robertson's Budget 2020, Bryce Edwards writes.

Restaurants, cafes and bars in Australia's most populous state were reopening on Friday after a two-month shutdown under coronavirus lockdown measures.

Opinion - Budget 2020 maintained a careful balance of helping to wean us off an open cheque book, blunt the recession, and lay the building blocks of a recovery, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.

The government is being warned many more families will fall into poverty if it doesn't boost support for people losing their jobs because of Covid-19. Audio

Opinion - Crises can be an opportunity for sweeping change, but this Budget reflects an opinion that crises should not be rapidly exploited, Max Rashbrooke writes.

A $50 billion Covid-19 rescue package poured out of the Crown coffers yesterday when the government revealed its rebuild plan - but it is the $20b blank cheque that has got the Opposition crying foul.

On national numeracy day (well, budget day), we look at something from Parliament with no numbers: ‘no confidence’ motions and what happens if there isn't one?

Opinion - The lack of a road map to help businesses know when borders might reopen is one critical failure of Budget 2020, Brigitte Morten writes.

Analysis - A crisis in an election year that requires a massive spending spree amounts to a huge slice of luck for Finance Minister Grant Robertson, Tim Watkin writes.

The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organisation says, warning against any attempt to predict how long it will stay in circulation.

More than 4.27 million people have been reported to be infected by Covid-19 globally and 290,324 have died, according to a Reuters tally.

Housing groups are calling for a multi-billion dollar spend to echo the substantial build that followed the Great Depression.

Many tourism jobs have already been cut as the sector waits for details of a support package to be announced in Thursday's Budget, operators say.