As the key trade advocate for Māori, Te Taumata is seeking feedback to inform ongoing refinements to the current medium-risk pathway settings regarding COVID-19, including requirements for travellers and the development of future border settings as the domestic and international situation evolves.

Suze Wilson, who teaches leadership, argues Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership, the success or failure of which hinges on getting most people to choose to follow your leadership – even though it demands “sudden, unsettling, unprecedented changes to their daily lives”. Wilson puts it down to Ardern’s communication skills, and

The Government will be introducing legislation to make changes to the Companies Act to help companies facing insolvency due to COVID-19 to remain viable and keep New Zealanders in jobs. Kia kaha Minister! This is important and hugely helpful! https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/further-measures-support-businesses

People in Chinese cities usually plagued by harmful air pollution are breathing far cleaner air. Boat‑free canals in Venice, Italy, have been clear enough to see fish. And for the quarter of the global population now living under a coronavirus lockdown, a lack of cars and planes has made the world quieter and birdsong more

Stay safe whanau! We have some work underway to enhance our ONLINE reach to provide all the latest information and updates to our whanau. And importantly all the best information, support and guidance to our Maori Trusts, Incorporations, businesses and exporters to plan through lockdown and be well positioned to kick back in and employing

Te Taumata says trade demand crucial to ensure economic bounce back Through the unprecedented challenges faced by Maori businesses, communities and whanau unfolding across Aotearoa, today economists are predicting unemployment will climb rapidly to 15 to 30 percent. Te Taumata Chair Chris Karamea Insley says the world has never confronted a crisis like COVID-19 –