With bars set to open under Alert Level 2 tomorrow, the Epidemic Response Committee is meeting with bar owners, as well as tourism representatives.
The parliamentary committee will also hear from a Treasury representative, after a no-show yesterday.
Bars and pubs have had to wait an extra week to open after the move to level 2, but from Thursday can open their doors.
Meanwhile, some tourism businesses have been suffering, but have said domestic travel being allowed under level 2 will help.
Yesterday, Treasury officials failed to front at the meeting which National Party leader Simon Bridges said was "entirely unacceptable".
Treasury Secretary Caralee McLeish was expected to appear about noon today.
Reg Hennessy, owner of Hennsessy's Tavern in Rotorua, was first to speak to the committee.
Hennessy previously spoke to the ERC on the troubles his business and industry faces in the immediate and medium term future.
"We were told for weeks to wait for the Budget, what a waste of time... nothing for the hospitality industry," he said,
He and his partner Sue have been tested mentally during the 58 days they've been unable to trade, Hennessy said.
He said the only support he received from the government was the wage subsidy.
"And that's exactly what it was - support for our staff."
Hennessy said the only talk he has heard from the Government is 'borrow more' from the banks and the Government itself. He said the tax exemptions the Government announced for businesses will help down the track but he needs assistance immediately.
He said hospitality representatives have written to Labour ministers Andrew Little, Kris Faafoi and Stuart Nash about commercial lease concerns, he's yet to get a response from any of them.
Hennessy said what he needs from the Government is consistent information and proper support on commercial leasing as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, some tourism businesses have been suffering, but have said domestic travel being allowed under level 2 will help.
The ERC also heard from a number of aviation operators in the tourism industry, both in Queenstown and Rotorua.
Tim Barrow from Volcanic Air Safari told the ERC that 88% of his company's clients are international visitors and that they make up 96% of their income.
He said the majority of his clients are time poor and cash rich and that the average ticket price is $488 per person, injecting more than $135 million a year into the economy.
Barrow, like the others from the aviation sector who spoke to the ERC, said hibernating a high-capital business like his was not an option as the costs to maintain certification, their aircraft and other overheads were too high.
"It [hibernation] would be a fatal blow, I don't think the industry would be able to recover from it ... it would be catastrophic," he said.
Barrow said the wage subsidy scheme had been beneficial to his business and employees but is worried what the future holds beyond the that.
He added that while a trans-Tasman bubble would help his industry, it's no "silver bullet" and more international visitors would be needed to keep businesses like his afloat.
Speakers at today's meeting
• Hennessy's Irish Bar in Rotorua owner Reg Hennessey
• Anthony Hall from The Still Room gastropub
• Over the Top chief executive and founder Louisa Patterson
• Volcanic Air Safaris chief pilot and director Tim Barrow
• Totally Tourism owner Mark Quickfall
• Hobbiton boss Russell Alexander
• Treasury Secretary Caralee McLeish
