Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:30 pm
New research has found a $283 million difference in
retail spending in Canterbury between 2019 and 2020 due to
the Covid-19 Lockdown.
Covid-19, the effect of
lockdowns on retail expenditure and displacement effects on
the regional economy, was co-authored By Lincoln
University’s Dr David Dyason, with Peter Fieger of the
University of New England, and Riaan Rossouw, from South
Africa’s North-West University.
The study looked at
the impact of reduced retail spending from the urban
Christchurch population on the wider-regional economy
through the inter-and intra-regional economic effects of the
COVID-
19 lockdown.
The results reveal how
consumer spending variations has far-reaching consequences
Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:18 pm
I was advised last night that the result of the
ballot of Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa New Zealand
Nurses Organisation members have rejected the latest
proposal to settle their collective agreement.
Let me
be clear: the proposal was one they put to the Government.
The Nurses Organisation rejected their own
proposal.
This morning I want to confirm the details
of the proposal and reaffirm the Government’s commitments
to nurses - and to all New Zealanders who are dependent on
their care - to improve conditions for nurses.
Above
all else I want to say this: I have heard what nurses say
Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:57 am
It’s unsurprising nurses have declined the
Government’s latest pay offer when the Government’s own
data shows it’s more interested in boosting the number of
bureaucrats in the health system than our doctors and
nurses, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti
says.
National has obtained data for the past 10 years
which shows since Labour came into office the number of
bureaucrats to doctors and nurses has
increased.
“Nurses already feel undervalued, Labour
has been more willing to pour half a billion dollars into
the health restructure and bureaucrats, but add the
Government’s wage freezes and mismanagement of labour
Friday, 30 July 2021, 12:24 pm
Hawke s Bay Police are still seeing a rise in the number
of heavy vehicle batteries being stolen in recent
months.
Over the past few months there have been 19
reports of heavy vehicle batteries being stolen from
orchards, commercial businesses and rural properties in
Napier, and 13 reports in Hastings.
Acting Detective
Sergeant Stephen Leonard says people should make an effort
to record the make, model and size of their
batteries.
“Making these batteries difficult for
thieves to get to by parking your vehicles in a secure place
or in a well-lit area is the best thing to do.
Friday, 30 July 2021, 2:07 pm
Stanley St CEO Siobhan Burke has announced the
appointment of Emily Scovell as Head of Media Strategy and
Planning, a newly created role that is ideally suited to the
communications and media specialist who comes with thirteen
years of award-winning experience in strategy, planning and
implementation.
Scovell is returning to
New Zealand after seven highly successful years with
Mindshare in London, which she began as Business Director
and ended as Head of Planning and as a member of the
Management Board, overseeing a team of 75 media planners.
During her time at Mindshare, her work received
international recognition at major advertising festivals,