Checkpoint for Monday 12 April 2021

5:07 PM.Te Pāti Māori has been referred to the police for failing to disclose more than $300,000 in donations.

Any political party donation of over $30,000 must be declared to the Electoral Commission within… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Unvaccinated workers could stay in some of the riskiest frontline jobs at MIQ for several weeks because there's simply not enough jabbed workers to fill the gaps if they're redeployed.

The third… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says 86 percent of MIQ workers have received at least one vaccination dose so far.

That leaves about 540 people still outstanding.

Ardern says from the first of… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.An employment lawyer is predicting there will be legal action over Covid-19 vaccination requirements for frontline workers.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday if they don't get vaccinated… Read more Video, Audio

5:30 PM.Health Minister Andrew Little has shot down calls for a swift overhaul of drug laws, saying any major change would first have to go to a referendum.

A host of health and social organisations have… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6248494169001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.A life-changing device that many type-1 diabetics cannot afford is being handed out as a weight management tool by a wellness retreat.

CGM devices monitor glucose levels for type-1 diabetics, but… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Early childhood service owners are wary of plans for a squad to investigate potential fraud and safety failures.

The Education Ministry is reinstating the Provider Assessment Group which ceased… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.The largest Nurses' Union doesn't want non-clinical health workers to plug the shortage of Māori nurses and doctors involved in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out.

Community health workers at Māori health… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Health authorities are scrambling to work out how Covid-19 spread between workers at Auckland's Grand Millennium managed isolation hotel.

Last night, officials announced that a third worker at the… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.The union representing MIQ workers wants them to get more than thanks for keeping the country safe.

They would like a pay rise too. As you heard two security guards working at the Grand Millennium… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.Officials who opened a new justice facility in Auckland on Monday morning did so with a promise - that it will have made a significant difference, by this time next year.

The Māori-based service is… Read more Audio