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[ad_1] CAMPAIGN JOURNAL: Jacinda Ardern often follows a less is more campaign style. In the last election, Bill English would pack every hour of the day with another coffee, another business, another factory. Ardern would visit a place or two, announce a policy, hold a press conference, and drop her …

[ad_1] Dunedin pizzeria Biggies is turning away customers who have been to Auckland due to concerns about the spread of Covid-19, but says it is not a blanket ban. A couple who posted on social media claimed that a Biggies Pizza employee asked them if they were from Auckland and …

[ad_1] New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has struck his hardest blow to date against his coalition partners, accusing Labor of abandoning the regions. “Provincial voters have confirmed to you today that the Labor Party is abandoning them to their fate,” Peters said. His comments come after Labor announced this …

[ad_1] A Dunedin pizzeria is being bombarded with “false reviews” and negative comments after turning away an Auckland couple over Covid fears. A couple on a road trip to the South Island say they were not allowed into Biggie’s Pizza for a drink once they revealed they were coming from …

[ad_1] A Dunedin pizzeria has imposed a temporary ban on all Auckland customers over Covid fears. A couple on a road trip to the South Island say they were not allowed into Biggie’s Pizza for a drink once they revealed they were coming from Auckland, despite having left the northern …

[ad_1] Fonterra has posted an after-tax profit of $ 659 million for fiscal 2020, a $ 1.3 billion improvement over the prior year. New Zealand dairy cooperative chief executive Miles Hurrell said it was a good year for the business with rising profits, debt reduction and strong milk prices. “We …

[ad_1] National has backtracked on its controversial debt target, promising big tax cuts and a much looser debt target in its alternative budget. But there are still big cuts in government day-to-day spending, with operational appropriations, which is the new money allocated in each budget, cut between 60 and 75 …

[ad_1] Fonterra has reported a net profit of $ 659 million for the July year and said it would resume dividend payments, starting with a final dividend of 5 cents a share. The profit, which reflects its first full year under a revised strategy, compares to a loss of $ …

[ad_1] A man who spent two weeks in controlled isolation claims his hotel was “a horrible place” with cracked walls, mold, broken furniture, torn curtains, and a blocked shower drain. The Auckland man, who only wanted to be known as Mark, also said he was not surprised when a person …

[ad_1] 1. What is a recession? A recession is a period of economic contraction. What usually happens is that consumer spending falls, unemployment rises, and business investment falls. A technical definition of recession is two consecutive quarters of negative quarterly GDP growth. GDP declines during the March and June 2020 …