
Level 1 for all NZ, bar Auckland, from tonight
The government is pressing ahead with plans to lift covid-19 lockdown restrictions as signalled last week.From 11.59pm Wednesday, Auckland will reduce to alert level 2, meaning public gatherings will need to be capped at 100 and people will still need to wear face masks on public...

ELECTION 2020: National plans to double tech exports
The National Party has announced a $1.3 billion plan to double the size of New Zealand’s technology sector by 2030, if elected to government in October.National’s ‘NZ Tech 2030 Plan’ to boost tech exports to $16 billion will cost $690 million over its first four years, followed b...

Forestlands founder charged by FMA
Forestlands founder Rowan Charles Kearns has been named as the individual facing more than a hundred criminal charges for financial misconduct.Kearns was the founder and sole director of Forestlands, a forestry investment group placed in liquidation in 2018 after the Financial Ma...

Goodman pays $70m for land in Otahuhu
Goodman Property Trust's manager said it has bought properties in Otahuhu adjoining the trust's Savill Link industrial estate for $70 million.The 13.3 hectares of land provides the potential to extend the industrial estate into a 44.8 hectare distribution hub, providing m...