The Immigration Minister has defended the lack of migrant workers, saying the Government’s doing everything it can. Fruit growers claim there are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of produce going to waste, and they can’t last another year without more seasonal workers. […] Minister Kris Faafoi told Mike
Michael Lueck Professor of Tourism Auckland University of Technology By this time next week flights between New Zealand and Australia will have been taking off and landing for roughly 48 hours. The quarantine-free trans-Tasman travel bubble, beginning April 19, will finally be more than a promise. For many
A MYOB poll of 401 small to medium businesses has shown that Labour is now the preferred party of SMEs, with 38% favouring Labour and 35% supporting National. A further 5% voted ACT, while 3% supported the Greens. So overall, most businesses favour the left bloc over the right bloc,
ACT Party ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson Mark Cameron. “The Government’s emotive decision to ban live exports ignores the evidence and is a kick in the guts for the rural sector”, says ACT’s Primary Industries spokesperson and dairy farmer Mark Cameron. “Live exports represent a critical revenue stream
“This package significantly boosts funding and resources to support affected growers and their staff.” A New Zealand Apples and Pears (Nzap) forecast released on Friday showed the export share of the national crop will be 19.3 million cartons, 3 million cartons fewer than last year, because there was not
The mind-numbing stupidity exhibited by this Labour Government is on full display in the horticulture and viticulture sectors right now but, unlike the leverage that the Greens had over the disastrous Taranaki oil and gas decision-making, this one can be fully attributed to the Labour Government alone. Cast
Westpac economists expect house prices to level out over the rest of this year and expect “moderate” falls in the coming years as longer-term interest rates eventually rise. They also say renters can stop worrying about the prospect of rents rising significantly, despite threats from disgruntled landlords. Acting chief
The consequences of the interest deductibility tax announced as part of the Government’s housing policies are already being felt by landlords and renters alike, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Often changes to taxes can be perceived to have winners and losers, but in the case of these
ACT Party ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour should stop vilifying residential property investors and start listening to them,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Labour promised to be a government for all New Zealanders, but today’s comments in Parliament take us down a divisive
The stupidity and duplicity over voter ID laws in the US just keeps getting more hypocritical and idiotic. What would you call people who think that black people are too dumb to find their local DMV or use the internet, yet screech that others are racist? And what would you
National supports the call by Hawke’s Bay orchardists and businesses that are reliant on seasonal work to open a travel bubble with the Pacific Islands, Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett says. “Growers and processors have good reason to be frustrated at the Government for not acting fast enough. This frustration
Labour is putting politics ahead of transparency in voting down a law change last night to increase transparency in ACC decision-making for those dealing with re-injury claims, National’s ACC spokesperson Simon Watts says. “The Accident Compensation (Notice of Decisions) Amendment Bill broadens employers’ rights to apply for
