South Pacific Helicopters marketing and partnerships manager Krissy Griggs says international holidaymakers amount to at least 90 percent of the tourism business in Kaikōura.

The retail sector had the biggest slide in sentiment, while firms generally cut their expectations of profits, exports, employment, and investment.

One of the country’s biggest commercial landlords has given a call to action for city workers to return to their offices.

Dairy company Fonterra has suspended shipments of its products to Russia.

From today, 5G connectivity will be available to certain customers in central areas of Auckland and Wellington, as well as limited parts of Christchurch.

The strong result came from holding on to more of its customers, and attracting back customers with an offer of domestic gas supplies, chief executive Marc England says.

Fast food retailing group Restaurant Brands has seen an increase in net profit, despite the ongoing challenges on the hospitality sector from Covid-19.

The business faced significant challenges over the past year, with supply chain disruptions, missed sales opportunities, bad weather and labour shortages.

A legal challenge is being prepared to overturn the Intellectual Property Office’s decision not to recognise a machine as an inventor.

The pandemic has impacted all businesses, but NZ’s construction sector is reeling, and ongoing systemic problems are undermining it, four experts say.