Checkpoint for Monday 27 September 2021

5:06 PM.Home isolation is coming, but not quite yet and it is just for a select few. The Prime Minister floated the idea of a self isolation in pilot in August saying it would begin in October.

Today Jacinda… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Eden Park says it will struggle to stay commercially viable if vaccination rates in Auckland do not get close to 90 percent.

As the prospect of summer crowds and concerts draw closer, major events… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.The South Island has not had a case of Covid-19 in the community for more than a year, despite that they woke today of news that another big event has been canned.

Guns n' Roses called off their… Read more Audio

5:29 PM.The former Ports of Auckland boss brought in lawyers to negotiate his exit payout of nearly $1 million, but any details as to why he was given the money remain under wraps.

Auckland's Mayor Phil Goff… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6274379611001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Right now MIQ is a bigger risk to business than Covid-19 according to a leading entrepreneur who's detailed an alternative isolation plan in a bid to get businesses travelling again.

The boss of… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.As Aotearoa looks to the future of its Covid-19 response, there is increasing talk about how businesses will deal with mixing the vaccinated with the unvaccinated.

Maybe it is a vaccine passport, but… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.The government's plans to transfer control of water infrastructure from councils to a new agency took another blow on Monday.

The proposal has already been rejected by the country's largest council… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Labour and National have both taken a hit in the latest One News Colmar-Brunton poll - with the Act Party proving the big winner.

Tonight's poll puts Labour at 43 percent - down 3 - and National at… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.For businesses home isolation will be a game changer; employees can get overseas and back without having to compete for a spot in MIQ.

The government's revealed it will start a pilot scheme next… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.Door-to-door Covid-19 testing in Auckland is being seen as a way to help Auckland out of a costly lockdown.

Mobile testing vans have been visiting suburbs where the virus has been circulating, and… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.As the National Party works to rebuild its reputation with the New Zealand public, its former leader has made a Covid-19 comeback criticising the government's pandemic response.

But as political… Read more Audio