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Covid 19 coronavirus: Dairy farmers request for MIQ spaces turned down 11 May, 2021 02:00 AM 5 minutes to read Federated Farmers application for 500 dairy workers to enter the country was turned down. File photo / RNZ - Rebekah Parsons-King Federated Farmers application for 500 dairy workers to enter the country was turned down. File photo / RNZ - Rebekah Parsons-King RNZ Federated Farmers is disappointed dairy farm workers were not included in the plan to use empty managed isolation (MIQ) room...

Federated Farmers is disappointed dairy farm workers were not included in the plan to use empty managed isolation (MIQ) rooms to get more skilled and critical workers into the country. Federated Farmers application for 500 dairy workers to enter the country was turned down. (File image) Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King About 500 spaces - made available because of the trans-Tasman bubble - will be used every fortnight for construction workers, fruit-pickers, international students and refugees...

Carol and Robert LeResche deliver topsoil donated by Fletcher Construction to the Meadowlark Elementary garden for raised beds to be installed as part of the grant projects. (Photo courtesy of RiW) Rooted in Wyoming has received two grants funded through the Wyoming State Forestry Division. Sheridan Media’s Ron Richter has the details. RiW Receives Grants The grants, totaling $15,000, are development grants through the Wyoming State Forestry Division’s community forestry program. Rooted in ...

Business Digest: Winstone Wallboards reaches another milestone 26 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM 12 minutes to read Got business news? Email businessBOP@nzme.co.nz Photo / Getty Images Bay of Plenty Times Taurangas $400 million plasterboard facility has reached another milestone with the final building consent issued. Tauranga City Council has approved a building consent worth more than $105m for the "building envelope", roofing, services and equipment of the new Winstone Wallboards facil...

It is expected once the West Stand is restrengthened, and terraced seating, LED lighting and turf is upgraded, the stadium will be ready to host up to 16,000 spectators for the first event. That event could be a Super Rugby match, Taranaki Regional Council corporate services director Mike Nield​ said during a familiarisation tour of the construction site on Thursday. Work on the West Stand started in late 2020 and progress after four months has seen all the concrete bleachers removed in or...

Company results so far: Positive signs as Covid recovery kicks in 22 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM 6 minutes to read Skellerups share price is up over 100 per cent over the 52 weeks to Feb 23. Photo / Supplied Skellerups share price is up over 100 per cent over the 52 weeks to Feb 23. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Retirement village owner-operator Summerset Group pushed up its bottom line profit 32 per cent but underlying profit fell 7 per cent when the company spent more during the pandemic. Net profit aft...

SkyCity fire NZs biggest repair job: Convention centre $340m-plus to fix, slower than expected 19 Feb, 2021 04:45 AM 4 minutes to read SkyCity Entertainment Groups NZ International Convention Centre is taking longer to fix than initially expected, and the cost has risen. The job is now likely to cost at least $340 million, up from $336m last year, and the new hotel wont be finished this year as initially forecast. In its half-year result to December 31, released on Thursday, t...

The casino operator has appointed a new chief financial officer.

Casino operator SkyCity Entertainment has posted a slump in profit as Covid-19 hammered its earnings.

Press Release – SKYCITY SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited (NZX/ASX:SKC) (SkyCity) today announced its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2020. In a challenging operating period with ongoing COVID-19 disruption, SkyCity has delivered a mixed financial … SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited (NZX/ASX:SKC) (SkyCity) today announced its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2020. In a challenging operating period with ongoing COVID-19 disruption, SkyCity has delivere...