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Hunting guides left with no business during Covid-19 border closures have been inundated with bookings for this season.

The border reopening is too late for this deer hunting season, but bookings for next year are already flooding in.

Farmers, builders oppose EV scheme: 'It's not going to work' © Rapid electric vehicle charging station in Auckland New Zealand Rapid electric vehicle charging station in Auckland New Zealand Farmers and tradies say the government's clean car package is an unfair tax on them as no alternatives are available for their work vehicles. From next month, people buying new or used imported electric vehicles or plug-in hybrids will be eligible for a rebate. But from next year fees of up to $5875 will need to be paid on new combustion-engine vehicles depending on their emissions. A Toyota Hilux, for...

Farmers and tradies say the government's clean car package is an unfair tax on them as no alternatives are available for their work vehicles.

Fishing, hunting guides facing business closures say trans-Tasman travel bubble too late Hugo Cameron © Getty The New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association has 130 licensed guides and over 90 percent of them come from overseas. Fishing guides who have been left with little to no business due to the border closure say the trans-Tasman bubble has come too late to make a difference to this season. The New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association has 130 licensed guides and more than 90 percent of their clients come from overseas. Its president Serge Bonnafoux ...