Checkpoint for Monday 28 September 2020

5:07 PM.Christmas on Bondi Beach could be on the cards, as Australia considers allowing New Zealanders through the arrival gates.

Australian officials have intially suggested South Islanders could be allowed… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Covid-19 has cost Queensland up to $AU7 billion in lost tourism, and it needs New Zealand visitors now, according to Queensland's Tourism Industry Council.

Australian leaders are suggesting New South… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Labour has pledged to keep the lights on at Tiwai Point, despite earlier indicating it's a sunset industry.

Leader Jacinda Ardern and energy spokesperson Megan Woods visited Invercargill to pitch… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.National has unveiled its plan to help get those out of work back into jobs - as well as its mental health policy.

If elected, National says it would give tertiary training providers four thousand… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.It's been a snowy start for the school holidays with flurries down to sea level in parts of the lower South Island. Flights were grounded for most of the day, leaving holiday-goers stranded as biting… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.Auckland is now the most pessimistic region in the country about its economic future - overtaking Otago.

That's despite the latest data showing the extent of job losses during the city's recent… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The actions of a German crew who have been detained after sailing across New Zealand's closed border are probably a sign if desperation, an ocean cruising club boss says, but he does not condone… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.The Wallabies time confined to their hotel rooms is nearly over - so long as they all test negative for Covid-19 today.

In New Zealand for two Bledisloe Cup matches next month - the Australian side… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Labour has taken a slight hit and would need help from the Greens to form a government according to the latest 1 News Colmar Brunton poll.

Monday's poll puts Labour on 47 percent and National on 33… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.Members of Extinction Rebellion have been arrested in a protest at a Canterbury coal mine - they were calling on the mine operator to decommission their operation, and for the government to support… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.A man who was phyiscally and sexually abused as a young boy in state care has described his childhood as a nightmare - and the battle to get compensation as a horror movie that will not end. Read more Audio