As Auckland heads into its ninth week of tight Covid restrictions some Auckland business owners are having to re-mortgage their homes, dig into retirement funds or simply ignore the bills stacking up to stay afloat.
A number of them are calling for more targeted funding for those hardest hit or a guarantee of the wage subsidy even when the supercity finally gets to level 2.
Auckland alert level settings will be reviewed by Cabinet again on Monday but with consistently high case numbers businesses cannot see an end in sight.
