People are entrepreneurial in the unlikeliest of situations. Even under COVID-19 lockdown, there were 3,136 businesses started in April 2020 across New Zealand. This article outlines which industries these businesses were in and where in the country people were most likely to start businesses.
Data from MSD on work ready recipients of Jobseeker Support benefits can help highlight where in New Zealand there have been the steepest job losses to date. The government’s wage subsidy scheme undoubtedly kept many New Zealanders in work. But the wage subsidy has not been able to save all jobs.
Not all industries suffered under lockdown. In this article, I want to reflect on the success of our agricultural exports over the past couple of months.