Checkpoint for Monday 28 June 2021

5:06 PM.Scanning QR codes could be made compulsory at high risk venues like bars and restaurants.

Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet is also considering whether to mandate more wide spread use of masks or face… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.The start of the Australian school holidays was meant to be a lifeline for Queenstown's beleaguered businesses, instead that lifeblood has been cut off.

The government has closed the trans-Tasman… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Covid-19 testing numbers have dropped from the heights recorded last week, but centres and GPs in Wellington are gearing up for another surge.

People who were at the same place as the Sydney… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.Fijians are being warned to take Covid-19 more seriously, or many more deaths will occur.

Health authorities are blaming a spike in cases on people not following Covid-19 rules. 

There are more than… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.DOC is appealing for clues about who caused the brutal death of an endangered kaka- the latest in a series of attacks on native wildlife.

A young male was found emaciated on a property in Whangateau… 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=6261342211001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Warning - some details in this report may disturb some listeners.

There are calls for a wider investigation following a survey of female school students, which has uncovered widespread sexual… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Australia could be on the verge of a national outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta variant. Four states and territories have reported new cases and have imposed lockdowns or tighter restrictions.

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5:50 PM.A call for the Covid-19 vaccine rollout to ramp up on both sides of the ditch if the trans-Tasman bubble is to stay afloat.

All quarantine free travel from Australia is on pause until at least… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The high hopes tourism towns had for Australian school holidays have collapsed, with the brakes put on the trans-Tasman bubble.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has also ruled out financial help for… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Compulsory QR scanning and more mask wearing could be on the cards as Cabinet weighs up its options.

The government has been under pressure to make more Covid-19 measures mandatory, after an… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.Employers and Manufacturers Association boss Brett O'Riley is calling for some Covid-19 vaccination prioritisation for exporters in NZ.

"Not to the front of the queue, but … the vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.Horowhenua residents and businesses have been warned the district will run out of clean drinking water if they don't drastically reduce or stop using it altogether.

Heavy rain over the weekend has… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Two Kiwis are riding the Olympic wave, as surfing makes its debut at the Games. It's hoped Ella Williams and Billy Stairmand's appearance at the Tokyo games will inspire even more Kiwis to get on… Read more Audio