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    • Hybrid work lifestyle may be here to stay post-pandemic

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      Business Covid-19
      19 May 2022
      Downtown Auckland at the beginning of the Level 4 lockdown in August.

      The era of hybrid working could be upon us for good as inner city businesses invite employees back into the office.

      Hybrid work lifestyle may be here to stay post-pandemic
    • Opening up not all it's cracked up to be for business

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      business media
      27 Mar 2022
      credit card swipe through terminal, spending, consumer confidence, retail, hospitality

      Even after the government announced it was relaxing Covid restrictions on Wednesday, business leaders responded with a familiar call for more freedom. But looser restrictions haven't shored up their… Audio

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      Opening up not all it's cracked up to be for business
    • NZ 'back on the map': Recruitment, more flights, and calls for vaccine pass removal

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      16 Mar 2022
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      The various groups says the past two years have been incredibly tough, but this long-awaited news provides them certainty, allows for gradual rebuild of tourism and will save operators from collapse.

      Border reopening: Travel, tourism and business sectors celebrate
    • Govt should reduce isolation times further - Act

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      New Zealand Politics
      9 Mar 2022
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      Reducing the isolation period for a positive Covid-19 case by three days is weak and comes too late, Act leader David Seymour says.

      Covid-19 change: Business leaders welcome cut in isolation time; Act critical
    • Minimum wage to increase to $21.20 from April

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      New Zealand Politics
      11 Feb 2022
      Generic money.

      The minimum wage increase of $1.20 has been confirmed for 1 April by the government, a 6 percent increase.

      Minimum wage to increase to $21.20 from April
    • Omicron outbreak would mirror NSW's jump in cases - expert

      News
      New Zealand Covid-19
      20 Dec 2021
      A health official collects a COVID-19 swab test at a drive-through testing site on Bondi beach in Sydney on December 15, 2021, as rapidly-growing Omicron and Delta clusters brought more than 2,700 new cases nationally.

      Covid-19 modelling experts warn the highly-transmissible Omicron variant poses a serious risk to a largely unrestricted summer.

      Summer Omicron outbreak would mirror NSW's huge jump in community cases - expert
    • Omicron threat looms over summer plans

      Audio
      health Covid-19
      20 Dec 2021
      omicron word in a dictionary. omicron concept.

      Experts warn the highly transmissible Omicron variant poses a serious risk to a largely unrestricted summer.

      The number of cases caught at the border are rising sparking fears it's only a matter of… Audio

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      Omicron threat looms over summer plans
    • The Week in Politics: 'Outrageous' spending and traffic light settings

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      Comment & Analysis politics
      17 Dec 2021
      Northland temporary checkpoint, Carmel Sepuloni, Jacinda Ardern, traffic light orange.

      Analysis - Parliament's final week was marked by decisions on traffic light settings, a scathing report on rents paid by MSD, and fresh revelations around MPs behaving badly, writes Peter Wilson.

      The Week in Politics: 'Outrageous' spending and traffic light settings
    • The Panel with Damian Christie and Ziena Jalil (Part 1)

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      science health
      15 Dec 2021
      Higher density and townhouse developments are part of Housing New Zealand's new Auckland focus

      Part 1: Panellists Damian Christie and Ziena Jalil discuss Auckland opening up, and new legislation on townhouses.  Audio

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      The Panel with Damian Christie and Ziena Jalil (Part 1)
    • Aucklanders looking forward to orange traffic light setting but businesses surprised by delay

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      New Zealand Covid-19
      14 Dec 2021
      AUCKLAND,NZ - OCT 13 2015:Traffic on Vulcan Lane in Auckland downtown, New Zealand .It's a popular cobblestone plaza off Queen St home to fashionable restaurants, cafes, pubs and stores.

      People planning New Year' Eve celebrations in Auckland are hailing the city's next step towards freedom, just in time to bid goodbye and good riddance to 2021. Audio

      Aucklanders looking forward to orange traffic light setting but businesses surprised by delay
    • Govt under fire for not dropping Auckland's Covid-19 settings sooner

      News
      New Zealand Business
      13 Dec 2021
      Infinity Nightclub owner Mat Jorgensen

      An Auckland night club owner says today's annoucement the city will drop to 'orange' at the end of December is awful, while Mayor Phil Goff says there was a clear case for dropping before then. Audio

      Govt under fire for not dropping Auckland's Covid-19 Protection Framework settings sooner
    • Covid-19: Auckland businesses expected to struggle at red

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      business
      2 Dec 2021
      Closed Auckland business.

      Auckland's economic development agency is warning more businesses will close for good if the city doesn't move to Covid-19 traffic level light orange in a fortnight.

      The actual number of financially… Audio

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      Covid-19: Auckland businesses expected to struggle at red
    • Covid-19 news for 23 November: A tool for businesses, case numbers rising

      News
      New Zealand Covid-19
      23 Nov 2021
      Covid wrap collage 23 November

      Government announces assessment tool to help businesses understand vaccine pass requirements, daily case numbers breach 200 once again and Nelson-Malborough DHB reaches 90 percent first dose…

      Covid summary: Govt announces new tool for businesses, case numbers continue to rise
    • Traffic light system: Opposition says govt communication confusing

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      Politics Business
      23 Nov 2021
      11102021 PHOTO: ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Covid Response Minister Chris Hipkins, and Director General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield deliver the post cabinet decisions at the 4pm Covid update at Parliament.

      Ten days out from the new traffic light system, many businesses still feel in the dark and opposition parties are calling for clarity.

      Traffic light system: Businesses and opposition parties say more clarity needed
    • Cabinet advised to move to traffic light system sooner than planned

      News
      New Zealand Politics
      16 Nov 2021
      Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield during a press conference at Parliament on August 31, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand.

      It is looking increasingly likely the whole country will move to the Covid-19 traffic light system before every district health board has hit 90 percent fully vaccinated.

      Cabinet advised to move to traffic light system sooner than planned
    • Covid-19: Auckland business chamber on lockdown easing

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      economy
      9 Nov 2021
      Michael barnett is CEO of the Auckland Commerce Chamber.

      After nearly three months in lockdown, Auckland business owners are breathing a sigh of relief, sort of.

      From 11.59 on Tuesday, Auckland will move to Alert Level 3, step 2 - allowing retail to reopen… Audio

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      Covid-19: Auckland business chamber on lockdown easing
    • Covid-19 wrap: Govt works on options for holiday travel

      News
      New Zealand Covid-19
      4 Nov 2021
      Samples from the Novavax Covid-19 clinical vaccine trial, police at Auckland's Mercer checkpoint, deputy prime minister Grant Robertson and an MIQ facility.

      The possibility of a border system to allow vaccinated Aucklanders to travel outside the region over summer has split officials.

      Covid-19 wrap: Updates and developments on 4 November
    • Managing Auckland border during summer holiday traffic 'impossible' - police union

      Audio
      health travel
      4 Nov 2021
      The Covid-19 checkpoint at Mercer, south of Auckland.

      The police union says it will be impossible to manage the Auckland's Covid boundary over summer. 

      Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said a hard perimeter is staying, and Aucklanders will have to show… Video, Audio

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      Managing Auckland border during summer holiday traffic 'impossible' - police union
    • The Panel with Mary-Margaret Slack and Ben Thomas (Part 2)

      Audio 1 Nov 2021
      Antarctica (2020)

      Panellists Mary-Margaret Slack and Ben Thomas discuss the latest Covid-19 alert level announcement, a new target on slashing climate emissions, and changes to the Labour Party leadership process. Audio

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      The Panel with Mary-Margaret Slack and Ben Thomas (Part 2)
    • Business, health and Covid modelling analysis of new Covid traffic-light system

      Audio
      health
      22 Oct 2021
      NTN - 3 Michaels

      The Auckland Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive, Michael Barnett has cast his eyes over the plan, what's in it for business, particularly struggling smaller to medium enterprises?. Also with… Audio

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      Business, health and Covid modelling analysis of new Covid traffic-light system
    • Covid-19 updates: Auckland's Santa Parade cancelled for first time in decades

      News
      New Zealand Covid-19
      21 Oct 2021
      The Farmers Santa Parade 2017 held in Auckland CBD 26 November 2017

Images Copyright Topic Images Ltd. 
Credit Topic / Hannah Rolfe

      Auckland's Santa Parade and NZ's largest cycling event are the latest activities to be disrupted by the Covid Delta outbreak. See how the day's Covid-19 news unfolded with RNZ's live blog.

      Covid-19 updates: Auckland's Santa Parade cancelled for first time in decades
    • Velvet Revisiting

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      music
      17 Oct 2021
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      William Dart looks at a new tribute to The Velvet Underground's debut album titled I'll Be Your Mirror, featuring St Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, Courtney Barnett and others. Audio

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      Velvet Revisiting
    • Govt books: Small Auckland businesses not so optimistic

      News
      Business Covid-19
      12 Oct 2021
      2 metre distance signs in Newmarket Auckland on day one of alert level 3 on 28 April.

      Small businesses in Auckland say Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has failed to read the room when it comes to the dire realities they are facing. Audio

      Govt books: Small Auckland businesses not so optimistic
    • Auckland small, medium businesses hurting most - Michael Barnett

      Audio
      business health
      12 Oct 2021
      Michael barnett is CEO of the Auckland Commerce Chamber.

      It's been almost nine weeks in the trenches for Auckland businesses physically shut due to Covid restrictions and still there's no date for when they will be able to open to customers.

      There are… Audio

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      Auckland small, medium businesses hurting most - Michael Barnett
    • Week in Politics: Transition confusion and a road to nowhere

      News
      Politics Comment & Analysis
      8 Oct 2021
      -POOL- Photo by Mark Mitchell: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arriving during the the post-Cabinet press conference with director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield at Parliament, Wellington. 04 October, 2021.  NZ Herald photograph by Mark Mitchell

      Analysis - The government's move away from its Covid-19 elimination strategy causes confusion, the plan to ease Auckland's restrictions is described as a road to nowhere and vaccination becomes the…

      The Week in Politics: Transition confusion and Auckland's road to nowhere
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