Lately for Tuesday 22 June 2021

10.18 Quarantine-free travel between New South Wales and New Zealand will pause tonight  

From midnight tonight quarantine-free travel will pause between New South Wales and New Zealand for at least 72 hours. RNZ News political reporter, Katie Scotcher, gives an update from the parliamentary gallery.

10:20 A review of New Zealand's mental health care is being considered

Only $9 million has been spent out of a $235 million dollar budget to build and upgrade mental health facilities. Health Minister Andrew Little is considering launching an official review about the slow speed of the roll-out of the record $1.9 billion allocated for mental health in 2019. Karyn will speak with renowned mental health advocate, Mike King.

10:30 Hong Kong's Apple Daily closes its English language website

Hong Kong's top pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, has closed its English language website operation. The chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has defended what's widely seen as a sustained crackdown on freedom of speech in the city, saying the media shouldn't downplay acts that endanger the national security law imposed by China. Karyn speaks with Tom Grundy is the Editor-in-Chief of the Hong Kong Free Press.

10:45 Blackball - the town that refused to die

For our trip round the provinces tonight, we're heading to a tiny town, it's more a village or a hamlet on the West Coast, that's experiencing something of a renaissance. Locals call it the town that refused to die. Nick Secker owns and runs the Blackball Inn after a career as chief distiller at Reefton  Distillery. He's come back to the town of his childhood to follow his Gran's legacy