The Government have reviewed the latest alert level settings for the country and announced the following changes: Auckland will move to alert level 2 (from 2.5) at 11.59pm on Wednesday 23rd September and The rest of the country moves to alert level 1 from 11.59pm on Monday 21st September. The Government had already agreed in Read on
Hone’s Garden cream of the crop The Northland hospitality industry has acknowledged the outstanding abilities of its own. The inaugural awards recognise the outstanding hospitality professionals, all of whom are making a positive impact on the local café and dining scene. The Restaurant Association of New Zealand are proud to organise and foster these Awards Read on
The Government is making some changes to immigration settings including creating a new border exception category to enable the return of some temporary work visa holders who are overseas and have strong, ongoing links to New Zealand. The Government is also making changes to allow some partners of New Zealand citizens and residents to be Read on
If you’re an existing OneMusic customer and you closed for any length of time because of COVID-19 during the national lockdown, OneMusic are giving you a 25% discount on your background music licence fees. This is a 90-day discount, regardless of how long you were closed. There’s nothing you need to do – if you’re Read on
Auckland Council have acknowledged the challenges facing Auckland’s hospitality sector in 2020 and have announced some measures to support them while the region remains in a restricted environment. The measures announced by the Council include relaxing the requirements for use of outdoor space as well as some support for licence extensions. We outline the Council’s Read on
The Lewisham Awards committee has been ably led for five years by Co-Chairs, Ash Visvanathan, Venue Manager at St Heliers Bay Bistro and Lindsay Swannack, Maitre d’ at Prego Restaurant. They have now handed over the reins of these lead roles and the Lewisham Foundation have announced two new appointments with the elevation of committee Read on
The Prime Minister has announced that Auckland will remain in Alert Level 3 until Sunday 30th August and the rest of the country will remain at Alert Level 2. We’re looking for the quickest possible return to level 1 trading but we had expected the government might extend the level 3 period within Auckland until Read on
The finalists in the inaugural Northland Hospitality Awards have been announced, and represent the top-notch dining establishments in the region as voted by the hospitality industry. Popular Asian fusion restaurant No.8 situated in Whangārei’s town basin takes out four nominations for Outstanding Ethnic Restaurant, Ambience & Design as well as accolades for Chef de Partie Read on
Restaurant Association launches petition calling on Government to adopt UK’s “Eat Out to Help Out” scheme. The Association has launched the nationwide petition calling on the Government to adopt the scheme, to assist our battling hospitality industry which has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic. The petition calls on the House of Representatives to urge Read on
19 August 2020 All Members of Parliament Parliament Buildings Wellington 6160 Nationwide #DineOutHelpOut Campaign Tomorrow the Restaurant Association of New Zealand is launching a nationwide campaign to seek support for our petition currently on the Parliament website. Our petition calls on the House of Representatives to urge the Government to provide targeted support for the Read on
In response to member queries, we summarise below information on how to pay your employees when you are operating with a reduced capacity, or if you are closed. The most important point for you to keep in mind is that employees must be paid in line with their employment agreements. This obligation remains, even when a business has been Read on
A reminder that it is now a requirement to have your QR code poster on display in your business and infringements may be issued to businesses who fail to comply with this requirement from 19 August. If you don’t yet have a QR code poster, you can get one for your business at: https://qrform.tracing.covid19.govt.nz/. (Note, we have Read on