Checkpoint for Wednesday 4 August 2021

8:07 PM.A call for an overstayer amnesty to help with labour shortages.

The Employers and Manufacturers Association says as well as letting more recognised seasonal workers into the country the government… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Pensioners struggling to get home from Australia are having their superannuation payments stopped and some may be forced to start paying them back.

RNZ has spoken to people who needed to travel… Read more Audio

5:19 PM.There is a promise to make the MIQ booking system fairer, as those desperate to come home pay huge fees to third parties to secure a spot.

Pressure has been mounting on officials to improve the… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.The government is denouncing those spreading lies about the Covid-19 vaccine campaign, calling their behaviour reprehensible.

It warns misinformation is already hobbling efforts to inoculate the… Read more Audio

7:26 PM.Frustrated workers at Marsden Point feel abandoned by the government ahead of a vote over whether to cut hundreds of jobs.

Shareholders will decide on Friday whether to stop processing oil at the… Read more Audio

5:31 PM.In Tokyo, after winning two gold medals yesterday, canoe sprint paddler Lisa Carrington was back on the water today.

Carrington won gold in the K1 200m yesterday and then just over an hour later… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6266475378001 Video, Audio

5:41 PM.It's a job-seekers market - with employers competing to fill roles and pumping up pay packets.

Official data released today shows the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in nearly a year, and… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The head of a Māori health provider in Lower Hutt fears vaccine hesitancy among tāngata whenua is leaving the community vulnerable in the event of a Covid-19 outbreak.

Capital and Coast District… Read more Audio

5:50 PM."We gave it our all, and we definitely don't hold any regrets," silver medal winning sailor Peter Burling says, dscribing the bittersweet feeling of coming second in the 49er.

Burling and sailing… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.A 20-year-old Australian man has died of Covid-19 in Sydney as the state continues to record hundreds of Delta cases daily.

New South Wales is in lockdown until the end of the month as it tries to… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.Migrant advocates say border exemptions for seasonal workers from the Pacific only add insult to injury for overstayers in New Zealand.

The government has decided to allow Recognised Seasonal… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.A scathing independent review into Mediaworks has exposed allegations of sexual assault, bullying and a boys' club culture.

The company's chief executive, Cam Wallace, has apologised today to current… Read more Audio