Lockdown – Business must pass on full wage subsidies, extra measures applauded
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: Business Central
The Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central is echoing the Government’s call for employers to ensure they pass on the...
Tariff concessions on COVID-19 related products
Source: New Zealand Government
New Zealand will temporarily remove tariffs on all medical and hygiene imports needed for the COVID-19 response.
Trade and Export Growth Minister...
Week That Was: COVID-19 Alert Level 4
Source: New Zealand Labour Party
The COVID-19 situation in New Zealand is moving fast – and to avoid what we’ve seen overseas – the Government’s...
Clarification of modification to wage subsidy scheme
Source: New Zealand Government
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has clarified that the changes to the wage subsidy scheme announced yesterday mean that employers should...
Slow coronavirus response to cost millions of lives in poorest countries
Source: Save The Children
Swift action to contain the spread of coronavirus would save at least three million lives in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia...
Protecting a generation from COVID-19: An Agenda for Action from Save the Children
Source: Save The Children
Coronavirus knows no borders. It is a global threat and our shared humanity demands a global response.
The virus is already having...
COVID-19: A porous border with Iran means thousands of Afghans continue to cross daily...
Source: Save The Children
Lockdown of Kabul a ‘good first step’ but more needed to avoid a devastating death toll, warns Save the Children.
Despite a...
Week one, done
Source: Auckland Council
As we approach the end of the first week under the government’s COVID-19 alert system, we’ve done a round-up of the things...
Wage subsidy scheme modified
Source: New Zealand Treasury:
The government is making modifications to the Wage Subsidy Scheme to help firms that need to shut down under Alert Level...
Lockdown – EMA applauds extra measures to keep people in work
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions
Source: EMA
The Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA) says the extra measures to keep people in work will be a huge relief to businesses...
Lockdown – Salvation Army offering support for increasing number of people in need
Source: MIL-OSI SubmissionsSource: Salvation Army
Salvation Army emergency welfare, addiction and housing support services are continuing to serve the vulnerable, albeit in a modified way,...
Face masks flowing to DHBs
Source: New Zealand Government
Medical face masks from the national reserve supply are now being distributed to District Health Boards, while at the same time...
