Nita Blake Persen

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Covid-19 continues to have Victoria firmly in its grip, with another record-setting day of new cases. Today the state has recorded 428 new infections, and another three people have died. Video, Audio

A new Super Rugby competition minus South Africa, Argentina and Japan but including a Pacific team is to be launched next year. Audio

The Government has ruled out housing managed isolation and quarantine facilities in Queenstown and Invercargill. Our Otago-Southland reporter Timothy Brown has more. Audio

National's Spokesperson for Infrastructure and Transport Chris Bishop joins Checkpoint to discuss the massive $31b infrastructure announcement. Video, Audio

Tunnels through mountain ranges and an additional Auckland harbour crossing are just some of the big ideas National has unveiled as part of a $31b infrastructure package. The ambitious ideas from the… Audio

The Auckland list MP has long faced claims about his links to the Chinese Communist Party - even accusations of being a spy. Jian Yang has always denied such claims - but some are today questioning… Video, Audio

As jobless rates and redundancies rise amid the covid fallout, a multi-million dollar boost to an Auckland jobs programme hopes to bring 700 more people into work. Video, Audio

More than 40 thousand people have received wage subsidy payouts from more than one employer - with several hundred people getting the payout from four employers or more. The Ministry for Social… Audio

St John paramedics say they're absolutely gutted that their employer has backtracked on its promise to pay weekend and overnight shift rates.

The ambulance service says it's facing a large deficit… Audio

The number of people being denied benefits because their partner earns too much has skyrocketed.

Jobseeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending on partners' incomes - despite recommendations that… Audio

The government is fast-tracking major infrastructure projects - cutting out a large part of the public consultation process - to speed up economic growth in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The 11… Audio

The struggles and shortfalls of the country's aged care sector have been laid bare in a new review into Covid-19 clusters in rest homes.

More than half of New Zealand's Covid-19 deaths have been in… Video, Audio

An extra 40,000 struggling businesses will be able to access the next round of the wage subsidy scheme following a drop in eligibility requirements.

The current wage subsidy scheme runs out on… Audio

A government funding boost for Discover Waitomo will help keep dozens of people in jobs and retain knowledge vital to the business and area. Discover Waitomo and the country's 31 regional tourism… Audio

New Zealand's response to the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted a range of inequities across Aotearoa, with access to food perhaps the most noticeable.

As we slowly return to our new normal, community… Video, Audio

Shoppers queued outside malls this morning to celebrate the start of level 2 with some retail therapy.

Businesses that have had to shut up shop for the entirety of lockdown could not wait to get back… Video, Audio

A Canterbury man who can't find work or access a benefit says he is part of a growing group of New Zealanders whose unemployment is hidden from any official figures.

Because the man's wife still has… Audio

There have been many stories of how families have spent the month in lockdown, but one family has had a particularly unique experience.

Kirsty Willis is the general manager of Willowbank Wildlife… Video, Audio

Ski resorts expect visitor numbers will be cut in half as border closures keep international guests off the slopes.

The industry received a big boost on Thursday with news that ski fields can open in… Audio