COVID-19: Unscrupulous employers exploiting the crisis
Source: Council of Trade Unions – CTU
The Council of Trade Unions is deeply concerned with reports of some employers behaving badly during the COVID-19...
Police appeal for public to use 111 for emergency calls only
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Police are appealing to the public to only call 111 in an emergency or life-threatening situation. The 111 line has...
Work together to keep each other safe: Police message ahead of move to Covid-19...
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
New Zealand Police are releasing a multilingual message for our communities ahead of the country’s move to Covid-19 Alert...
Social Sector – Salvation Army services still operating
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is continuing to distribute food parcels to those most in need.
As in past emergencies, The Salvation Army...
Lockdown – Mortgage holiday and business finance support schemes to cushion COVID impacts
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Minister of Finance and Reserve Bank of New Zealand
The Government, retail banks and the Reserve Bank are today announcing a major...
Lockdown – Carrying on farming, and consider grain options for stock feed
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Federated Farmers
Farmers can carry on doing what they do best – putting high quality food on people’s tables and earning export revenue...
Lockdown – Government, banks unite against Covid-19 – BusinessNZ
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: BusinessNZ
The Government’s announcement of a $6.25 billion Business Finance Guarantee Scheme for small and medium-sized businesses is a great example of collaboration...