Covid 19

A top Italian doctor says the new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, as new infections and fatalities continue to fall steadily in the country. New Zealand professor… Audio

Here's Newmarket Business Association chief executive Mark Knoff-Thomas on the importance of small business and supporting our local businesses as New Zealand's economy looks to recover post-Covid-19.

China's leader Xi Jinping has accelerated his ambition to put Covid-19 behind it and 'make China great again'. Macquarie University Prof. of Asia-Pacific Security Studies and long-time China-watcher… Audio

MPs being unable to manage their staff and the continued unrest in the U.S. are on the agenda for this week's Sunday Morning panel discussion with guests Linda Clark and Richard Harman.  Audio

The latest report from Research NZ on the impact Covid-19 is having shows that significantly fewer respondents believe we are adhering to social distancing rules, while one third of people are not… Audio

More commercial properties in our big cities are up for lease as some businesses close and others look to downsize.

Even as the prospect of returning to level one and normal life beckons - is there a… Audio

Families affected by Pharmac's decision to switch brands of Epilepsy drug say they have had no say in a report into the drug buying agencies processes, and are insulted by its findings.

The review… Audio

Hundreds of displaced Queenstown workers may be used to help tackle a growing pest problem - wilding pines.

It's part of the $100 million the government announced in March to help redeploy workers… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood wants a blueprint for a Trans-Tasman travel bubble on Cabinet's agenda when it meets on Monday. The company has cut over 100 jobs and could be forced… Video, Audio

After Checkpoint's story on cancelled flight credits, Air New Zealand changed its policy so the owner of credits can choose who they're used for.

It also refunded extra money Alexa Bell had to pay… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran has told Checkpoint refunding all customers for cancelled flights would ground the airline for good.

The national carrier is losing $5 million a day and is… Video, Audio

"We're open for business" is the message the New Zealand creative production sector is trying to sell around the world. Video, Audio

In this episode; politics. How has the virus changed the way we are governed? Produced by Justin Gregory, Guyon Espiner, Claire Eastham-Farrelly, Tim Watkin and Veronica Schmidt. Audio

Meanwhile former US President Barack Obama has spoken publicly for the first time since George Floyd's death, saying that while the protests have been difficult and scary, they provide an opportunity… Video, Audio

Waikato business Discover Waitomo is the first to benefit from a government plan to protect so called strategic tourism assets, with a $4 million grant to help it cushion the blow from Covid-19.

The… Video, Audio

Air New Zealand cannot afford to offer refunds to everyone impacted by flight cancellations during the Covid-19 outbreak without dipping into its $900m government loan, Air New Zealand's chief revenue… Video, Audio

New Zealand First is flexing its muscles within the coalition, now publicly criticising some of the commercial rent measures its partner Labour had been pushing for - which it ended up blocking.

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Plans for a trans-Tasman bubble by July have failed to get lift-off - with New Zealand government ministers saying it's too early for such a proposal.

Top business voices want to see a new flight… Audio