Covid 19 coronavirus: Bay of Plenty business leaders and owners reeling
28 Feb, 2021 06:15 AM
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The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images
The hospitality and tourism sectors are expected to be hardest hit with the new alert levels. Photo / Getty Images
Soul-destroying, more business closures, more job losses, immense pressure and financial stress. These are some of the comments from Bay business leaders as the region comes to grips with another stint at alert level 2.
Tauranga is expected to fare much better than Rotorua but the impacts would hit tourism and hospitality the most - with tens of thousands of dollars of bookings being cancelled.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Back to level 1 for Bay of Plenty
17 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1.
Auckland will move to alert level 2 at midnight tonight, the rest of the country will move to alert level 1.
The Bay of Plenty business community has breathed a sigh of relief as the region is now back at alert level 1 and they are determined to remain positive. Yesterday Prime Minister Jacinda Arden said Auckland would move to alert level 2 at midnight despite two new community cases of Covid-19. The rest of the country went to level 1. The latest restrictions will be reviewed on Monday.
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Rotorua Chamber of Commerce survey: Businesses say no to housing homeless in CBD
11 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers on Arawa St. Photo / Kelly Makiha
A proposal to convert the Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers into housing for the homeless has been met with strong resistance from Rotorua businesses. A Chamber of Commerce survey has found 89 per cent of the 365 people who had responded as of Wednesday afternoon did not want the plans to go ahead.
A private property investor from Auckland, Peter Bidois of Torin Holdings, has told the Rotorua Daily Post he had signed a deal to buy the lease of Lava Bar and X Base Backpackers for 15 years.