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Last July, the Government announced it would spend $2.6 billion on more than 150 infrastructure projects that were so close to being built they were deemed “shovel ready”. The Government claimed the projects would create 20,000 jobs, a number which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigned on at the 2020 election as part of her five point Covid recovery plan. The figure was mentioned in speeches by Ardern, press releases from Robertson and in social media posts from the Labour Party. But less than a year later, Robertson told Upston that the number of jobs created by the shovel-ready s...

First-home buyers are taking up the opportunity to get on the property ladder, quickly buying sections at the new Tarbet St subdivision that’s been created in Flaxmere. The completion of the first, infrastructure stage of the development was celebrated on-site today, ahead of the construction phase beginning. Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst said the development of the site, on time and on budget, illustrated Hastings District Council’s commitment to addressing the need for more housing in Hastings district. “This is the first subdivision of the Hastings Place Based Pilot to go on the m...

RNZ The Housing Minister says there are so many different figures being thrown around - from 28,000 to 200,000 - that it's impossible to put a specific figure on it (video first published in February 2021). Nearing the two-year mark as Housing Minister, Megan Woods speaks to Sam Sachdeva about learning from the mistakes of KiwiBuild, opposition plans to fix the housing crisis, and whether the Government is leaving renters behind. In New Zealand, the health portfolio has served as the traditional hospital pass for a Cabinet minister, thanks to the myriad complexities of the system. It has by...

Simon Maude/Stuff Our Covid response means firms have the ability to operate in a normal domestic business environment and this presents opportunities for businesses. OPINION: What an extraordinary year it has been since New Zealand went into a nationwide Alert Level 4 lockdown. When I look back at that time I can remember the uncertainty we were all facing as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold globally. While we hoped for the best, we planned for the worst and as it turned out, we did the right thing. Without a pandemic play-book to go by, we worked on the basis of a number of principles. F...

No sign of expected Defence business case on Devonport naval base shift 18 Dec, 2020 04:30 AM 4 minutes to read Northport's growth aspirations include hosting the NZ Navy, a major shipyard and dry dock. Photo / Supplied Northport's growth aspirations include hosting the NZ Navy, a major shipyard and dry dock. Photo / Supplied It doesn't look like the NZ Defence Force will complete a business case on the future location of the Devonport naval base by the end of the year after all. NZDF told the Herald in September it expected to complete an "indicative" business case by the e...