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Tourism Minister defends govt's Covid-19 support for businesses

17:35 pm on 11 March 2021

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Event organisers, pubs, clubs and restaurants are in limbo waiting for a downward alert level shift in Auckland from Covid-19 alert level 2 to 1.

Cabinet is made the crucial decision but is not making the decision public until Friday.

A survey in the Queenstown region has a third of businesses in the town's CBD hanging by a thin financial thread, expecting to close their door for good before winter is out.

Australia is advocating for a two-way quarantine-free bubble and splashing $1.2 billion on cheapie domestic flights to keep tourism moving.

What is New Zealand doing? Tourism Minister Stuart Nash joins Lisa Owen to discuss.