Covid 19

Shoppers queued outside malls this morning to celebrate the start of level 2 with some retail therapy.

Businesses that have had to shut up shop for the entirety of lockdown could not wait to get back… Video, Audio

Paul Button is the General Manager of Canopy Tours in Rotorua.

Canopy Tours is a bit of an adventure playground - ziplines, swing bridges and canopy platforms.

He joins Lisa Owen with his response… Video, Audio

Tourism got a carry-on bag full of cash in Budget 2020, but industry leaders say it's nothing compared to what needed to keep them afloat.

The $400-million Tourism Recovery Fund includes a domestic… Video, Audio

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

Eight more weeks of the wage subsidy is not enough for one of New Zealand's largest tour operators to stay afloat.

Pan Pacific Travel's Managing Director Matt Brady talks to Lisa Owen. Video, Audio

Queenstown rolled out the welcome mat to domestic visitors today as passenger planes flew in for the first time since April 1.

The district has been reeling from thousands of job losses, with more… Video, Audio

A $50 billion rescue fund sits at the centre of 2020's "once in a generation Budget" as the country braces for the economic carnage promised by Covid-19.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the… Video, Audio

Thursday May 14 in New Zealand saw an historic Budget from the government to rebuild the economy after Covid-19, while at the same time the country moved from level 3 lockdown into level 2.

Finance… Video, Audio

Thousands of people have been out on the country's roads and walking central city streets for the first time in weeks this morning, as cafes, pools, and gyms reopen and people head back to their… Audio

On Thursday 14 May 2020 at 2pm the Finance Minister will announce Budget 2020. Here’s a guide for those planning to tune in. 

In Auckland so many men are flocking to barbers you could be excused for thinking you were at Masterton's Golden Shears competition.

Reporter Anneke Smith is outside The Barbers Room on Dominion Rd… Audio

The divisive relationship between the Dunedin City Council and central city businesses may be ready to explode if proposed speed limit changes come into force.

The council will decide today on a… Audio

Hardware stores are among the hardest hit in the lockdown retail slump with the country's two big operators closing sites.

Bunnings Warehouse is proposing to close seven stores that are no longer… Audio

Lockdown rules have meant nearly empty roads and a dramatic decline in car and motorcycle accidents over the past seven weeks.

There is concern about what will happen when rusty drivers get back… Audio

Mark Brown, the deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister of the Cook Island's has called for the country's recent status of "developed nation" to be revoked, to help the country access funds to… Audio

The nurses organisation is calling for Worksafe to investigate how seven nurses caught Covid-19 at Waitakere Hospital.

They caught the virus after infected residents from St Margarets rest home were… Audio

It's the first morning of Alert Level 2 after nearly seven weeks of strict lockdown protocols in New Zealand.

This means most people can go back to work with almost all businesses except for bars… Audio

Welcome to the first day of level two! This episode we look at life as a rural business owner, a last minute change to rules over funerals and tangi, and a critical report into how nurses in Waitakare… Audio

Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult is gearing up to welcome Alert Level 2 and easing of travel restrictions with an iconic Kiwi activity to start to the morning - a Bungy Jump.

Queenstown Lakes has been one… Audio

The inhabitants of New Zealand's zoos have gone without their usual stream of visitors for the past seven weeks.

That's set to change, as zoos and wildlife parks reopen under Alert Level 2.

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