If the Government’s decision to suspend most of the economy and send most Kiwis home for a month is successful, I will be one of the first to applaud. Covid-19 has cast me in the role of a vulnerable New Zealander. Read more
We all know those newspaper segments which feature a previously famous person. And then we read these articles wondering why we have not heard from them for such a long time, and sometimes we may even be surprised to hear that they are still alive. Read more
The Covid-19 outbreak will likely lead to a significant economic recession. The government's pandemic response has rightly prioritised maintaining employment and the ability of firms to recover quickly when the crisis abates.To this end the Government was quick to implement a wage subsidy scheme but as the crisis has evolved, it is only right to ask whether this scheme remains fit for purpose. This report compares wage subsidy schemes in Canada and Australia with New Zealand’s Read more
You'd think it would be easy to figure out just what is an essential service when there's need for pandemic lock-downs. Read more
