Finance Minister Grant Robertson was advised by the Treasury in April that a board-based, cash-in-hand grant scheme for businesses would help prevent widespread Covid-induced business failures. Although the Treasury advised that... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an $85 million Government injection for Queenstown's fragile Covid-hit economy.Ardern, in Queenstown with Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis, announced the Government would contribute $35... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: There are myriad lessons New Zealand as a whole and the agriculture sector can take from the Covid crisis, through its own experiences and by taking heed of what has happened in other countries.Health is a selling point,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Simon Power is bullish about Kiwi agriculture, saying it could be very well placed to lead New Zealand's economic recovery from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic."There are plenty of challenges," he acknowledges."But when you... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: The world's biggest marketer of kiwifruit — Zespri — is seeing it. So is AgriSea, New Zealand's largest seaweed company: evidence of a major shift in what global consumers want, driven by Covid-19.Facing a worldwide health... Source: NZ Herald Business News
The contortions New Zealand's agriculture industry, especially the red meat sector, have had to work through thanks to Covid-19, have been quite extraordinary."What's been truly impressive has been the adaptability through the supply... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Geographical information systems have many benefits on the farm, as Bill Bennett discoversThere's nothing new about farmers using spatial mapping to manage a farm. They have done it for centuries.Now farmers use digital technologies... Source: NZ Herald Business News
COMMENT: The Herald's Cooking the Books personal finance podcast is here to get you the tips you need to weather the financial storm. Hosted by Frances Cook, with a new expert on each episode. Many think investing is a battle... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Business tycoon Sir Ron Brierley will return to court in six weeks while his charges are reviewed by prosecutors.The 82-year-old multi-millionaire corporate raider had his case listed in the Downing Centre Local Court, in Sydney,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
The allocation of early access rights in the 3.5 gigahertz band for 5G services will be cheaper for telcos than it would have been pre-Covid, but the government is willing to take the revenue hit if it means rolling out the service.The... Source: NZ Herald Business News