Each day matters for hardworking businesses struggling under Level 4 lockdown in Auckland and new Level 2 restrictions elsewhere in the country, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The Government this week again said it would consider more support for businesses as the Covid lockdown
An animal welfare crisis is looming as Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor fails to pay attention to what’s going on around him, National’s Agriculture spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “Last year, during the first Covid lockdown, the Government spent $5.8 million buying 12,000 pig carcasses from overstocked
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party has today responded to overwhelming demand for the return of the Epidemic Response Committee (ERC) with a special unofficial committee being held at midday. When the ERC was held during the first lockdown it gave scrutiny to the Government’s response. Not only
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party supports the Remuera butcher who’s shown the chops to challenge the ridiculous rules that stop butchers from operating. The Police have visited the Victoria St Butcher for providing a click and collect service, while the dairy next door is operating. It’s
Melissa Lee National Spokesperson for – Broadcasting & Media| Digital Economy and Communications | Ethnic Communities New Zealand’s largest city is in lockdown with no end in sight. Over a million people are restricted in their movements and the future of their livelihoods due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak that saw
The commercial flower industry is being left out in the cold in this latest lockdown. It’s an industry that can’t close its doors and get a wage subsidy to pay its staff. It’s a constant process of planting, toil and regeneration, National’s Horticulture spokesperson David Bennett
rt.com US video game firm Tripwire Interactive has announced the immediate departure of its chief executive and apologized profusely that its former leader spoke out in favor of the new Texas abortion law. Chief executive John Gibson has “stepped down,” effective immediately, Tripwire said on Monday. The reason? “His
The Government should provide greater certainty for those impacted by the early closure of the first wage subsidy round since the recent Delta outbreak, says National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston. “Many New Zealanders were wrongly told applications for the first fortnight had closed during the evening
New Zealand risks grinding to a halt if we can’t ease freight and supply line challenges. We risk a situation where freight can’t get out of our biggest city and certainly can’t get to the South Island, National’s Transport spokesperson David Bennett says. “The Government’s
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister yesterday told Parliament that an extended Resurgence Payment is “under consideration,” showing how removed she is from small business. The ACT Party strongly supports an extended Resurgence Payment, but again the Government is totally out of touch, having the issue “under consideration.” Here’
Well, now we can add another phrase to the lexicon of authoritarianism: ‘‘medical retirement’’. This is the Orwellian phrase coined by the CEO of a mega-corporation to justify forcing medical procedures on its employees. CEOs have a knack for spinning snazzy euphemisms for vile behaviours: “downsizing”, “unallocated”, “normal involuntary attrition”
The Government must extend the deadline for the first fortnight of wage subsidy applications to make sure businesses don’t miss out, National’s Social Development and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says. “National MPs continue to be contacted by frustrated businesses who, through no fault of their own, missed the
Neil Miller Taxpayers’Union Taxpayers’ Union Analyst Neil Miller has been dwelling on the disastrous outcome of the taxpayer-funded subsidy granted to Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series, which has now shifted production to Britain. In a hole in the Beehive, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty,
Chris Baillie ACT Small Business spokesperson The ACT Party has today released a range of measures the Government should take to help take the pressure off businesses and the hospitality sector. The Resurgence payment should be available every week that a business is under Alert Level 4 or 3, and
