Allowing seasonal workers from Covid-free countries to enter New Zealand without quarantine needs to happen fast to plug the yawning gap in our horticulture sector’s workforce, National’s Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett says. National Leader Judith Collins yesterday called for the Government to expand its safe zone travel
Major Strawberry Grower Perrys Berrys Calls It Quits Amid Labour Shortage Francie Perry, a stalwart of New Zealand horticulture and an outspoken critic of the Government’s inflexible Covid-19 border policy for foreign workers, is throwing in the towel after 40 years of strawberry growing. Perrys Berrys is among
Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time.” On March 1, CGTN reported that Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) had won its first commercial contract. China Eastern Airlines, one of China’s largest airlines headquartered in Shanghai, signed a contract to buy
Nash Acting like a Tourist Rather Than the Tourism Minister After 12 months of neglect our tourism sector needs more than a few hints and ‘maybes’ at what support might come from the Government in the future, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Tourism Minister Stuart Nash needs to
Alexander Hall newsbusters.org The crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo stepped up to the challenge and was described by a liberal blog as the “go-to fundraising vehicle for some Trump supporters and far-right groups looking to solicit money online.” GiveSendGo — and other new alternative platforms — may just be the pushback
Judith Collins Leader National Party Yesterday, National launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble. It’s now been signed by over 30,000 people who back our call. Australia has welcomed people quarantine-free from New Zealand since October
Simon Angelo Editor Wealth Morning wealthmorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Before this, he owned an award-
The National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “There’s no good reason why we can’t have quarantine-free travel with Australia right now. Australia did it for
I don’t know about you, but I want my Kiwisaver to make as much money as possible and I don’t really care about ethics in investing: Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has written to chairs of the Super Fund and ACC, asking them to adopt ethical investment policies
Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is a Eugene S. Thorpe Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Imagine you’re an employee at Walmart. Maybe you’re a single mom working to pay the bills or
Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz The most comprehensive analysis yet, comparing Google movement data to Covid-19 deaths has found that lockdown (“stay at home”) had no role in preventing Covid-19 fatalities. The scientific report published in Nature says: “In ~98% of the comparisons using 87 different regions
Reports that Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has said a travel bubble with Australia won’t happen until January next year if we’re lucky is creating confusion and will mean many more businesses face closure, National’s Tourism spokesperson Todd McClay says. “Our tourism businesses continue to struggle, they need
The Government should make a unilateral decision to have quarantine-free travel with Australia now that we know talks between the two countries have collapsed, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. In Parliament on Wednesday, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed that after 12 rounds of
