BNZ and Good Shepherd NZ announced today they will be extending their Community Finance programme, allowing $5 million of no interest loans to be used by families financially impacted by COVID-19.

New Zealanders in need during the COVID-19 lockdown are set to further benefit from a food charity’s distribution programme.

New Zealand non-food export manufacturers shut down during the COVID19 Alert level 4 face irreversible market loss if they’re unable to restart production as soon as possible, say manufacturing industry bodies.

Unisys Joins New Zealand Marketplace to Provide Cloud Transition and Digital Government Services to Government Agencies

Forest industry organisations are planning how to get back to work when restrictions on non-essential work are lifted for the industry.

The latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) is being issued in extraordinary times. The result captures responses received up to 20 March 2020 - just prior to the announcement by the Government of the Alert Level 4 lockdown across the country.

Event organisers, suppliers, venues and artists in New Zealand are among those in a fight for survival with the global coronavirus pandemic causing a 100 per cent loss in activities and revenue, even before the country’s alert level 4 lockdown came into effect.

As many retailers look for new ways to reassure customers who are still able to shop in-store, contactless payments are being touted as one solution. By reducing the number of people handling EFTPOS terminals the hope is we can reduce the spread of the virus any further.

On Wednesday 1 April Immigration New Zealand announced new criteria to allow migrants to apply for a visa to enter New Zealand. Leading immigration lawyer Aaron Martin explains the ramifications for potential applicants and their families.

Today Inland Revenue’s Working for Families customers receive their first payment for the new tax year and for some the amount they get may be different.