The school holidays are behind us. Parents may be sighing with relief their dear children are no longer running riot, but many of our visitor destinations are back on tenterhooks as they wait to see whether the initial sugar rush of domestic travel can be sustained.
GOOD NEWS STORY: New Zealand’s trade surplus is sitting at record levels. What’s more, the expansion to the trade surplus has more than offset reduced international visitor spending.
The outlook for Māori-owned farms is “surprisingly strong”, despite the worldwide impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was what I told Stuff's Susan Edmunds in a recent interview.
The looming closure of Tiwai is a devastating blow for Southland. I spoke with Stuff's Melanie Carroll to put the closure in perspective, against how the rest of Southland's economy is faring amid the COVID-19 pandemic.