Hospitality businesses can welcome 200 people indoors from this weekend as part of government changes that will also see an end to vaccine passes and mandates from early April…

Hospitality New Zealand says the earlier border opening to Australian and visa-waiver countries before winter will save many businesses from collapse…

With the first grapes of the 2022 vintage harvested, New Zealand Winegrowers says that ongoing international demand and low stock levels mean that winemakers are hoping for a significantly larger harvest this year…

New Zealand’s leading whisky festival DramFest has been rescheduled to March 2023, following the postponement of the 2022 event…

Organisers of major food and wine festival Ripe in Wanaka have cancelled the scheduled March event amid current COVID-19 restrictions…

The 2021 NZ Cider Festival has been cancelled, with just two weeks until the event was due to take place in Hawke’s Bay…

New Zealand’s shift into ‘Red’ under the COVID-19 traffic light system has thrown upcoming festivals and events into doubt and renewed pressure on hospitality venues.

Invivo & Co will fly a chartered service from Auckland to Queenstown in early 2022 to highlight the re-opening of Auckland’s borders…

The Brewers Association says new figures from Statistics New Zealand show a shift to higher value beers during the July to September 2021 period…

Hospitality NZ is keen to get more detail on the Government’s plan to mandate vaccinations for hospo staff, but says the newly announced measures have addressed some of its concerns…

Hospitality New Zealand is welcoming the Government announcement that the Resurgence Payment will double for those hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions…

A fund to support hospo workers in need during the COVID outbreak is gaining momentum with online donations and a wine auction among its fundraising activities…

Two major events on the Hawke’s Bay food and wine calendar have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak with Summer F.A.W.C postponed and the Hawke’s Bay Wine Auction cancelled.

Hospitality NZ says the Government’s new transition plan will hurt more hospitality and accommodation businesses unless there is a targeted payment…

Hospitality New Zealand says Auckland’s shift to Level 3 for two weeks will do little to ease the pain being suffered by hospitality businesses…

New Zealand Winegrowers has welcomed the government’s confirmation of quarantine-free travel for RSE workers from Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Hospitality New Zealand says many hospitality businesses are facing breaking point and it is urgently seeking targeted funding from the government.

Useful links for business owners and employees as New Zealand remains at Alert Level 4 following the community outbreak of the Delta variant.