New Zealand
Electric bus trial charges ahead in Dunedin
An electric revolution is coming in public transport and the city of Dunedin today took the first step to ensure it doesn't miss the bus.
A month-long electric bus trial started in the southern city… Video, Audio
Hinemoana Baker describes the struggle for MIQ vouchers
The clock is ticking down to Tuesday's MIQ lottery with 3800 rooms to be allocated from 6pm.
It is the second one since the government changed the system. People get an hour to pile into the virtual… Video, Audio
The home isolation experience in South Australia
The government is expected to release more details of its pilot home isolation scheme for business tomorrow, with a long list of companies keen to get on board.
Meanwhile across the Tasman, South… Video, Audio
Landlords 'gobsmacked' by new law for commercial tenants
A cut-price Covid-19 rent clause that has been added to legislation has blindsided some property managers.
The amendment to the Property Law Act would mean commercial tenants will not have to pay… Video, Audio
Evening business for Tuesday 28 September 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6274526926001 Video, Audio
Weeks of lockdown, schools closed, how are families doing?
For parents and children in Auckland it's been a juggling act of home schooling and working from home for the last six weeks.
And as school holidays begin next Monday children will spend nearly nine… Video, Audio
Wage subsidies: Real estate agents claim more than $1m during lockdown
A pause on the housing market during the latest lockdowns is unlikely to be enough to increase affordability.
Latest figures show in the year to August, all major centres saw house prices rise, with… Audio
New rules allow more Aucklanders to leave for study, shared childcare
More people will soon be able to leave Auckland under alert level 3 and into Level 2 territory.
The government announced today that from 11:59pm tonight more reasons will be added to the permitted… Audio
Opposition parties set out ideas of future border rules
It's the battle of the border blueprints. Opposition parties are this week setting out how they would manage the border, although one got their first.
Both want vaccinated New Zealanders to be able… Audio
NRL referee Henry Perenara joins online crowd in lobby for MIQ room
On Tuesday evening thousands of New Zealanders are joining the virtual MIQ lobby for the next lottery of vouchers.
3800 rooms in managed isolation for October, November and December are being… Video, Audio
Auckland level 3 workers asked to get tested twice, five days apart
The government has issued a new plea to Aucklanders over Covid-19 testing as the tail of Delta continues to bear down on the city of sails.
It is asking all people working in level three businesses… Video, Audio
Will Key's comments help or hinder Collins' leadership?
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… Audio
Door to door Covid-19 testing underway in Auckland
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… Audio
Home isolation possibility a game changer for horticulture tech company
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… Video, Audio
Seymour up, Collins down in latest poll - political analysis
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… Video, Audio
Water reforms: Christchurch sees 'glass half empty'
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… Audio
Questions swirl around vaccine passports and legalities
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… Video, Audio
Evening business for Monday 27 September 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6274379611001 Video, Audio
Auckland port CEO's $1m exit payout 'unjustified' - Phil Goff
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… Video, Audio
No paradise city in South Island for Guns n' Roses
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… Audio
