Mackenzie District mayor Graham Smith has blasted businesses choosing to shut shop rather than “build a new normal” after Covid-19. “We in the Mackenzie are very disappointed that these types of decisions have been made. I find it unusual that some of these businesses want to walk away rather than work through it and build a new normal. “It's part of a wider pattern that's happening in tourism in Tekapo and other parts of the electorate and New Zealand. As a country, we need to turn towards domestic tourism."

Source: Stuff May 03, 2020 04:30 UTC