The government has unveiled a $50 million fund to support, business, workers and the primary sector.
On top of is the government is pledging $250 million more for roading fixes, to get essential lifeline routes open.
It will support businesses in Hawke's Bay desperately in need to keep afloat and in turn keep people in their communities employed.
Our reporter Jimmy Ellingham and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.
With the dust settling after a busy 2022 International Jewellery Fair, Nationwide Jewellers is celebrating a membership attendance rate that exceeded the expectations of organisers.
Australia lost a luminary of the jewellery industry on 6 December when Peter Beck passed away. While the word ‘legend’ is bandied around all too often these days, in Peter’s case it is more than fitting.
Nationwide Jewellers has announced the winners for its Annual Awards 2021 during the pre-Christmas virtual expo initiated last year under COVID-19 restrictions. The buying group’s awards are traditionally held at a gala dinner each year in Sydney, to coincide with the International Jewellery & Watch Fair.