‘We don’t want to overburden business,’ Immigration Minister Erica Stanford says.
Restaurants have high fixed costs and thin margins.
But James Shaw argues the scheme is working better than ever.
Kirk Hope says the government needs to be clearer about what businesses' response to Delta variant.
Politics: Despite political game playing, serious questions still being asked and answered.
Retail NZ's Greg Harford says employers should not have to pay for employees' lifestyle choices.
David Seymour says the government was under pressure in Parliament.
More than half of eligible New Zealanders have now had one dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Rest of country could move to alert level 2 next week.
The industry was worried new legislation would add more cost and complexity to planning.