Mike Sanford

Businesses should continue filing their tax returns, even if they cannot make the payments, so the IRD can keep track. Under laws quickly passed before the country entered alert level four, Inland Revenue has the power to write off interest accrued on tax payments due on or after February 14. It has

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said it “could have gone either way” as he thanked healthcare workers for saving his life after being discharged from hospital. Boris Johnson participates in a national ‘clap for carers’ in the doorway of 10 Downing Street on April 2, 2020. Johnson, 55, was taken

Yesterday, there were 29 new confirmed and probable cases, bringing the total cases in the country to 1312, while two more deaths were announced. Both of the deaths were linked to an identified cluster. The deaths include a man in his 80s who died at Wellington Hospital and a man in his 70s who died

New Zealand exported sheepmeat and beef worth $921 million in February with the value largely unchanged from a year earlier despite COVID-19, according to the latest figures from the Meat Industry Association (MIA). The impact of COVID-19 saw the value of exports to China drop by 45 per cent to $175

Analysis – Unless there’s an unexpected spike in Covid-19 cases, level 4 will most likely end on 22 April. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is preparing the country for a marathon recovery and life under “the new normal” is starting to take shape. The number of new Covid-19 cases reported over the last

Dr Caroline McElnay reported on two additional deaths linked to COVID-19, with the Ministry offering its sympathy to the families involved. New Zealand now has four deaths linked to COVID-19. Both today’s cases can be linked to existing clusters and involve older individuals with underlying health c

After three days in a row of no new cases in the Clutha/Southland region today, the Ministry of Health and Southern DHB announced two new cases on in Southland and Invercargill bringing the total confirmed Covid-19 cases to 58. Southland up one (10), Invercargill up one (41) no changes for Gore (2)

Opinion: While all non-essential workers are at home, trying to keep busy around the house, many of us are left wondering what effects Covid-19 is going to have on the local housing market. Whether your livelihood is directly involved with the property market, like ours. Or indirectly like many; you