"The Covid-19 curve is flattened, but we must not flatten the economy," he said in a speech delivered to a Business NZ webinar. Bridges said the main difference between National's cash-flow scheme and the Government's is that it was primarily a grant, not a loan. Bridges said National's agenda had five core elements:Getting out of lockdown by getting NZ working again. "Businesses have been forced to shut down in the national interest. It is in the national interest to keep them afloat," Bridges said.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 05, 2020 00:22 UTC