Top Stories for Thursday 29 April 2021

Large sums of taxpayer money is being given to moteliers to fix damage caused by emergency housing clients... but no one is keeping account of the cost, New Zealanders stuck in India are pleading for help to get home, those on low incomes say the winter energy payment doesn't go far enough, and a Northland family doctor tells us he is not surprised that the region is lagging behind its Covid vaccination target.