Viv Beck

Businesses are calling for dining and entertainment vouchers to support the industries hard hit by Covid-19 lockdowns. Vouchers to encourage people to dine out and spend money have been rolled out… Audio

There will be no school holiday ski-trips or whānau visits for Aucklanders across the regional Covid-19 border, with the Prime Minister's confirmation that the city will remain shut-off from the rest… Video, Audio

Auckland businesses are calling for immediate targeted support from the Government before it's too late.

The city centre business association, Heart of the City, says the loss of consumer spending in… Audio

Aucklanders wake this morning to the reality of at least another week in alert level 4 lockdown. The rest of the country is staying in level 2.

Cabinet will review the settings next Monday. Heart of… Audio

Concerns over safety in Auckland's CBD have been raised after a man fired a gun in the lobby of the Sofitel in Auckland.

The police are declining interviews and have not released much detail.

Police… Audio

Nathan Rarere spoke with Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck. Audio

Auckland businesses are crying out for a return to normality, as the city enters its week under Alert Level 2 restrictions.

The rest of the country has been at Alert Level 1 since Thursday, and the… Audio

Heart of the City says Auckland's businesses have their fingers crossed that the city goes from level 2 to level 1 later today. Cabinet is schedule to meet this afternoon to decide whether it's safe… Audio

Auckland's central business association says a third Covid-19 lockdown is a big blow for businesses.

The city moved into Alert Level 3 at midnight on Monday.

Viv Beck is the chief executive of Heart… Audio

Auckland's Queen Street could be free of cars within six months - if Auckland Transport goes ahead with plans to remove through-traffic in the central city street.  Audio

Auckland business group Heart of the City wants a beefed-up track and trace system so if Covid-19 does re-emerge, any restrictions can be confined to a smaller area. A student and retail worker who… Audio

The government is expected to announce today whether there's any need to change alert levels in Auckland after the emergence of a new Covid-19 case.

It was revealed yesterday that a woman in her 20s… Audio

Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.

Checkpoint has spoken to a number of businesses calling for their fellow CBD… Video, Audio

Auckland is joining the rest of the country at Alert Level 1 tomorrow night, two months after the coronavirus re-emerged in the community. There were 179 cases attached to the cluster, and three… Audio

Today the government decides whether Auckland moves to Alert Level 1 from 11.59pm on Wednesday.

It has already agreed, in principle, to move the city down to Level 1.

Ten days have passed since the… Audio

The mangled Auckland Harbour Bridge is yet another blow to businesses in the city's CBD struggling to survive Covid-19.

Over 170,000 commuters usually use the bridge to get to work every day but with… Audio

Customer-starved Auckland businesses say they are bewildered by the government's upbeat economic analysis.

Treasury's latest measure of card spend and traffic volumes in the city suggest activity has… Audio

'For Lease' signs are popping up in empty shop fronts and office blocks in Auckland as the effects of the second lockdown grip the city.

During August's Alert Level 3, around 3000 people started… Audio

A move to make it easier for workers to get sick leave while they wait for their Covid-19 test is being criticised for not going far enough.

From Friday employers will no longer have to show their… Audio

Auckland's central business Association Heart of the City says Alert Level 3 will cripple some businesses and the latest wage subsidy extension won't save all of them.

After two and a half weeks in… Audio