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COVID-19 no excuse to ignore usual health and safety risks

  • June 10th, 2020
2 min read
By NZISM president Greg Dearsly. Businesses are being urged to focus on known and understood health and safety risks, alongside those of COVID-19, to limit any spike in incident numbers. New Zealand I...
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Government package to support immediate cashflow needs of small business

  • June 10th, 2020
2 min read
The Government’s announcement on May 1 of interest free loans for a year to small businesses impacted by COVID-19, together with the tax reforms providing more than $3 billion in tax relief, will prov...
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Mortgage holidays – what you need to know

  • June 10th, 2020
2 min read
Banks have begun taking applications for mortgage holidays from consumers affected by Covid-19. So, Consumer NZ looks at the pros and cons of deferring mortgage repayments. What is a mortgage holiday?...
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Planners cautiously welcome Government’s fast track consenting

  • June 9th, 2020
3 min read
By NZPI treasurer Jonathan Clease & NZPI chair Karyn Sinclair The New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) cautiously welcomes the Government’s announcement of fast-tracked consenting for eligible de...
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How 5G “network slicing”can help the construction industry

  • June 9th, 2020
2 min read
Burcin Kaplanoglu – Executive director Innovation, Oracle Construction and Engineering, www.oracle.com/nz As more stories come out about the potential use of 5G across different industries, the ...
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Jon Grayson – Chief executive, NZ Infrastructure Commission

Gazing into the post COVID-19 future of NZ infrastructure

  • June 9th, 2020
3 min read
By Jon Grayson – Chief executive, NZ Infrastructure Commission, Te Waihanga. The average New Zealander rarely gives infrastructure a second thought unless it isn’t working. It’s in times of cris...
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Force majeure and COVID-19

  • June 9th, 2020
4 min read
By Marcus Beveridge and Tina Hwang from Queen City Law In law, a force majeure isoften referred to as an “act ofGod”, an event that no partiesto a contract would normallyhave anticipated. Many contrac...
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Opting out – In what situations can you cancel a building contract?

  • January 22nd, 2020
5 min read
Commerical lawyer, Geoff Hardy There are plenty of situations where a builder might want to cancel a building contract.   You might have suffered a personal tragedy or a serious health setback, o...
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