Saturday, 21 March 2020

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  • Governments And Businesses Must Be Able To Continually Manage Financial Crime Risks

    17:19 | 20/3/20
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    As financial institutions strain to operate under limited resources, a global crisis presents new opportunities for criminals who seek to exploit weakened financial systems. Essential anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) controls ... more»
  • BNZ Acts To Provide More Certainty For Customers

    16:51 | 20/3/20
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    Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has announced changes in home loans, term deposits, and contactless transaction fees to provide its personal and business customers more certainty. BNZ Chief Customer Officer Paul Carter, says, “BNZ’s focus is very ... more»
  • More Urgency Needed From Council To Support COVID-19 Impacted Businesses

    16:40 | 20/3/20
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    The Wellington Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that Wellington City Councillors are listening to the concerns of business, but urges them to work more quickly to come up with support and solutions. "Many businesses are already feeling the ... more»
  • Originair Has A Role To Play In Ensuring Essential Domestic Travel Can Continue

    15:44 | 20/3/20
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    Originair has sounded a note of caution following the Government’s announcement of its support package for Air New Zealand. “We are grateful that the Government sees the need to support the aviation sector, which is critical to the function of ... more»
  • Strong result from commercial property auction

    15:30 | 20/3/20
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    Over two thirds of the commercial and industrial properties offered for sale in Bayleys’ first Total Property portfolio auction in Auckland last week found buyers despite the upheaval occurring in investment markets as a result of Covid-19. more»
  • Westpac To Waive Contactless Debit Fees

    14:43 | 20/3/20
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    Westpac NZ is supporting small businesses by waiving contactless debit fees for eligible existing customers for six months. Westpac NZ General Manager of Experience Hub, Karen Silk, says the bank recognises the increased demand from both consumers ... more»
  • New Zealand’s Food Supply Needs Protecting

    14:11 | 20/3/20
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    The animal medicines and crop protection lobby group Agcarm applauds the government’s efforts to protect the health of New Zealanders in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, buts asks that support is extended to the farming community for maintaining essential ... more»
  • NZALPA Statement – Over 400 New Zealand Out Of Work Due To Covid-19

    14:10 | 20/3/20
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    “Over 400 New Zealand pilots are about to “fall through the gap”, caught between Canberra and Wellington responses to the COVID-19 pandemic,” NZALPA President Captain Andrew Ridling said today. : “We are very concerned about the potential loss of ... more»
  • COVID-19 - Information For Hotels And Hotel Staff

    14:02 | 20/3/20
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      The Ministry of Health has provided the below specific advice for hotels in relation to dealing with Covid 19. The information is updated regularly, see here for the most up to date version. Auckland Hotels trust this will give hotel guests ... more»
  • Viewers Benefit From Accessibility And Whanau-friendly Updates To VodafoneTV

    12:35 | 20/3/20
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    Devices update automatically so customers benefit immediately from the new tech features As TV screens light up around the country and staying in becomes the new normal, VodafoneTV has launched new features to enhance the viewing experience. The ... more»
  • 2degrees Confirms It Support Of Customers

    12:30 | 20/3/20
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    2degrees has outlined its approach to customer care in response to the impacts of Covid-19. CEO Mark Aue reassured customers that its mobile and broadband networks are working well, and that the national operator is very confident in its capacity ... more»
  • Advocacy Ad For ACT Party Didn’t Breach Code

    11:28 | 20/3/20
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    The ACT New Zealand Facebook advertisement stated “ Labour wants to control what you say .” The supporting text said “ Support ACT’s campaign for freedom of speech ”. The advertisement also contained an authorisation statement. The Complainant ... more»
  • Meredith Connell Offices To Remain Open For Duration

    10:31 | 20/3/20
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    National law firm Meredith Connell has announced that its Auckland and Wellington offices in Graham and Willis streets will remain open for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. Chief Executive Kylie Mooney says the firm anticipates an increase in demand ... more»
  • Business Continuation And Looking For Silver Linings In The Covid19 Cloud

    10:25 | 20/3/20
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    Yesterday I called for a further reduction in the OCR into negative territory to shore up business continuation through medium term debt relief. That’s a broad brush. Today I want to take the importance of business continuation to the next level. ... more»
  • The Electricity Authority Update In Response To COVID-19

    09:31 | 20/3/20
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    The Authority is taking action in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We have established our critical events team and initiated our business continuity plan so we can continue to operate in a pandemic situation. Our people are our priority ... more»
Global Indices
CodeLastChange
COMP7,9511,68817.51%
DJI23,8515,42518.53%
SP5002,74761118.20%
DAX13,4662361.78%
FTSE7,48850.07%
NI22522,4204081.86%
TWI67.930.000.00%
Currencies
CodeLastChange
EURUSD1.1440.0524.74%
NZDUSD0.63580.00420.66%
AUDUSD0.66060.01081.61%
NZDAUD0.96100.00780.82%