Checkpoint for Wednesday 11 May 2022

5:07 PM.The government has announced the border will fully open on July 31, two months earlier than signalled.

The date was revealed as part of the government's immigration reset, which is aimed at building… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.The Checkout war is on: Supermarket chain Foodstuffs has launched a price drop on selected grocery items just days after its main competitor froze prices on more than 500 so-called essential items.

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5:21 PM.WorkSafe will soon come knocking on Gloriavale's door and the charities regulator has launched an investigation as a result of an Employment Court ruling on child labour.

Government agencies are… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6305918711112 Video, Audio

5:37 PM.The government's fully opening the border from the end of July - meaning international students and tourists will be able to apply for visas to come in.

A Green List will attract migrants in 85… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.New Zealanders are being urged to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka as the country's crisis deepens.

The government there has ordered troops to open fire on anyone looting and deployed the… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Fancy the idea of being ferried across the Waitemata Harbour while avoiding swells sea sickness? Or maybe you're just sick of sitting in traffic. Austrian firm Doppelmayr is proposing an alternative -… Read more Video, Audio

5:52 PM.Aotearoa's average house price may be dipping, but in some corners of the country, the climb continues.

The Quotable Value house index out this week showed a 2 percent drop in the three months to… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The gilt may be wearing a bit thin on Wellington's Golden Mile with the news that the glitzy David Jones department store will be replaced by an assortment of smaller shops.

Some in the retail sector… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.Businesses are relieved the border will fully open on July 31 two months earlier than signalled.

The date was revealed as part of the government's immigration reset that's aimed at building a high… Read more Video, Audio

6:10 PM.The Green Party has come out swinging against the border announcement - saying it amounts to "white immigration policy".

It says the new settings will disproportionately affecting migrants from… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Stewart Island's visitor levy is expected to treble - but it'll be phased in. The $5 levy has been in place since 2013 and was aimed at easing the burden of tourism on the community.

But figures from… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.World Rugby is having another crack at establishing a new north versus south global competition.

It's being touted as the most significant restructure of the game since the advent of professionalism… Read more Audio