Photo: NZ HeraldLoss-making New Zealand Post, which got $280 million from the Government last month, plans to upgrade its Christchurch operations centre and build what it calls a new super depot in Wellington to handle surging parcel volumes. "New Zealanders will be aware of the issues that surrounded the ability of NZ Post to deal with the huge surge in parcel post during lockdown. NZ Post also announced today it was investing $170m in its network to double its parcel-processing capacity from 95m parcels to 190m parcels. The investment programme will include a new processing centre in Auckland and an upgrade to the southern operations centre in Christchurch. Last month, Kris Faafoi, Minister of Broadcasting, said without the Government support NZ Post would face having to make drastic cuts to its mail business to remain viable.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 22, 2020 20:03 UTC