Tourism Minister Stuart Nash. Last week, the Otago Daily Times reported about 60 downtown Queenstown businesses expected to close in the next three months, according to a Queenstown Chamber of Commerce business confidence survey. "The tourism industry ... is paying a massive price for the Government’s decision to close our borders. Mr Nash said while he acknowledged there were businesses in the Wakatipu "doing it tough", there were also businesses doing well. Ms Collins said talks around a transtasman bubble had been going for more than nine months and there was still no sign of it.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 16, 2021 22:07 UTC