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”My daughter is 10 years old. I haven’t seen her for over 400 days. Which is 10 per cent of her life. ”You don’t want to give up because you know your family is going to be let in, but how much longer can you wait and how much does it take out of one to wait this long? We can do a year, but we can’t do another two years.” Their family sits at the nexus of both the border closure and a near-collapse of our skills-based immigration system. Not only were Dintchev’s husband and da...

City councillor Tamatha Paul wants Wellington’s central city to be car-free by 2025. (File photo) Nine councillors have supported a call for private vehicles to be removed from Wellington’s central city in the next four years, as part of a move towards a fossil fuel-free city centre by 2025. But on the city’s streets opinions are mixed, with cycle advocate Alex Dyer applauding the move, and the Chamber of Commerce hesitant to put hopes into another yet transport plan. Councillor Tamatha...

Source: Wellington Chamber of Commerce Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. “This is good news for businesses and a world first between two countries that have eliminated Covid-19, strategically working together to make this travel bubble happen,” says Simon Arcus, Wellington Chamber and Business Central Chief Executive. “There’s no doubt of the sizable impact that the o...

Press Release – Wellington Chamber Of Commerce Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. “This is good news for businesses and a world first between two countries that have eliminated Covid-19, … Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. “This is good news for businesses and a world first betw...

Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 5:14 am Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. "This is good news for businesses and a world first between two countries that have eliminated Covid-19, strategically working together to make this travel bubble happen," says Simon Arcus, Wellington Chamber and Business Central Chief Executive. "There’s no doubt of the sizable impact that the ongoing Covid-19 restricti...

Press Release – Wellington Chamber Of Commerce Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. “This is good news for businesses and a world first between two countries that have eliminated Covid-19, … Wellington Chamber of Commerce and Business Central welcome the news that from Monday 19 April the trans-Tasman bubble will be operational. “This is good news for businesses and a world first betw...

Smith, who is based in Wellington and owns St Johns Bar on the waterfront, said there were rumours that the capital might not be among the first travel destinations open to non-quarantine travel between Australia and New Zealand. “Wellington will be a massive beneficiary once it opens. Rumour has it that it’s going to be Auckland and Queenstown first and there won’t be flights directly into Wellington, so we’ll need to wait until flights come directly.” “But I think Wellington i...