Finance Minister Grant Robertson says work is underway to reduce the country’s reliance on lockdowns and managed isolation.

Government allocates $8 million to provide new skills to Pacific people.

A Nelson engineering company has been ordered to pay more than $340,000 after a teenage apprentice was found unconscious in the engine room of a vessel where he was exposed to toxic chemicals.

The Financial Markets Authority has dismissed complaints about the massive losses Fonterra incurred from writing down the value of its Chinese investments.

The Commerce Commission is reminding fuel retailers to learn new industry rules aimed at bringing down prices and stick to them.

Eastern Bay of Plenty business leaders are striving to draw people back into the sub-region by creating thousands of new jobs in the next decade, using cash provided by the Provincial Growth Fund.

Aged cared operator Radius Care is planning to raise $50 million to purchase four facilities and pay down debt.

The number of employers looking for staff continues to rise with the number of job ads up nearly a quarter on pre-Covid highs.

A three-year investment plan for the rail network is expected to create sustainable jobs and certainty for KiwiRail.

The ANZ, Westpac and ASB banks are united in their expectation the official cash rate will be increased earlier than previously expected.