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Polytech backlog: Some apprentices waiting nine months to do block courses

Trades lobby to have apprenticeship employer incentives extended.

Editorial: Why farmers are up in arms

Sparks could fly at today's nationwide 'Howl of a Protest'.

Mark Lister: What to expect from the second half of 2021

COMMENT: Most markets have performed very well in 2021.

'Absolutely ridiculous': 70pc of job hunters no-shows for interviews

'Probably about 70 per cent of interviewees don't show up. It's just unbelievable.'

'A little bit sad': Why one Bay restaurant closed its doors after 14 years

Mount Bistro owner plans to turn the building into apartments.

Business digest: Bank gives $170,000 back to Bay customers

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'It's been quite a ride': Alan Sciascia serves last day in hospitality

He closed the doors on his 48-year career the same day he got the cancer all-clear.

Help wanted! Hospitality in the middle of a staffing crisis

In extreme cases, businesses are reducing operating hours or shutting up shop.

The last days of the Norske Skog Tasman Mill

In its 66-year history, the mill at Kawerau has provided intergenerational employment.

Sweet as! NZ's top honey producers celebrated

Outstanding achievements honoured at Apiculture NZ National Honey Competition.

'It is just crazy': Conference sector enjoys increased demand

'We are pretty booked up all the way till March,' says one Tauranga catering company.

Business Digest: Making a pitch for investors

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Mark Cairns: It can be lonely at the top, and you still get told off

Being a CEO is a 24-7 and 365-day-a-year job

'Recovering stronger since lockdown': Co-working proving popular post lockdown

The work-from-home theory was tested during lockdown

Mark Lister: Why farmers make good share investors

COMMENT: Mark Lister is Head of private wealth research at Craigs Investment Partners

Want it? Meat, car warrants, fry pans - you can buy it all now and pay later. But should you?

'People don't have to save anymore, if they want it, they buy it.'