Checkpoint for Monday 5 July 2021

5:06 PM.Government Covid-19 business adviser Rob Fyfe believes it is time to look at purpose-built isolation facilities.

He is amongst many, including fully vaccinated people, who cannot travel offshore as… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.The trans-Tasman bubble will reopen for Western Australia and Northern Territory from midnight Friday, but will stay closed for Queensland and New South Wales.

New Zealanders stuck in those states… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The vaccine rollout in rest homes has been likened to a postcode lottery, with residents in Nelson/Marlborough already fully vaccinated whilst others in Waitematā are only just receiving their first… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.It is not just the rest homes, but other people in vaccine priority group 2 say they are still having issues getting booked in for their Covid-19 vaccines.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge has been out… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Public frustration over mixed messages from the government is growing in Fiji as Covid-19 continues to spread rapidly.

The latest daily update saw another record infection rate, with 522 new cases.

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5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6262384613001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Schools are offline and more than 100 North Island kindergartens are back to pen and paper due to a major international ransomware hit.

The GCSB is monitoring the situation and says people should be… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan has returned to Parliament after taking time off to have treatment for cancer.

The Minister has been documenting her time in hospital on social media to raise awareness of… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.The star "player" at a weekend football game came off the beach rather than the bench. Some of the primary school-aged players abandoned the field and parents scattered when a sea lion waddled up from… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The number of children living in motels has reached a record high, despite the government's pledge to combat child poverty.

Latest figures released to Checkpoint show there were more than 4,300… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Relief for residents in a Southland town, after confirmation that all 10,000 tonnes of toxic aluminium waste has been removed from its old paper mill.

The dross is an aluminium by-product from the… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.Cyberattackers are getting smarter and the attacks more sophisticated. A North Island kindergarten association is among hundreds of groups hit at the weekend by a cybercriminal gang believed to be… Read more Audio