MIQ

Today the government announced New Zealand's border will be reopening in a 5-step plan. Grounded Kiwis spokesperson Martin Newell joins Karyn to discuss his reaction to the news. Audio

It's the second time the Prime Minister has made a Reconnecting New Zealand announcement.

But Jacinda Ardern says people can make solid plans this time around.

She spoke to Lisa Owen at Thursday's… Video, Audio

Nearly two years after Aotearoa's borders slammed shut, they're finally set to open again.

Missed weddings, funerals, births and everything in between - it's been an excruciating wait for many.

But… Audio

A faster border reopening and snappier release from home isolation is still on the wish list for the government's Covid business adviser.

The Prime Minister's laid out the time line for "reconnecting… Video, Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says people travelling to New Zealand do not currently need to have had their booster shots, but he's not ruling it out for the future.

He spoke to Checkpoint… Video, Audio

Mediawatch’s weekly catch-up with Lately on RNZ National. 

This week Colin Peacock talked to Bryan Crump about the fallout from broadcaster Charlotte Bellis’s media campaign against MIQ. Also… Audio

Government plans to plug critical worker holes created by Covid-19 are falling well short of the mark.

Plans were announced last year to let 300 international teachers into the country, but fewer… Audio

The New Zealand Open has been chopped into the rough, with the golf tournament organisers having to pull pin under the red light.

Tournament chairman John Hart talks to Lisa Owen.

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'I urge her to take it' - the message from the Deputy Prime Minister to pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis - after announcing she's been given a place in MIQ.

Bellis is in Afghanistan, and had been… Audio

Two weeks - that's the deadline a rural contractor is setting the government to follow through with their December promise to allow 200 skilled machinery operators into the country to help with the… Video, Audio

Pregnant Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis feels let down by her country after failing to gain an MIQ spot and being forced to seek safe refuge in Afghanistan as she awaits the birth of her first… Audio

There are calls for a reduction in overseas arrivals, to stop MIQ hotels being overrun with Omicron. The new Covid-19 variant has prompted the Government to lengthen the quarantine stay of all… Audio

Grounded Kiwis are hoping their calls for changes to MIQ take flight and the threat of Omicron does not cause delays.

A petition with almost 23,000 signatures has been delivered to Parliament asking… Video, Audio

Professor Michael Baker is back with us to discuss the Omicron variant, the increased risks Covid survivors face, and the idea that the time of day a person receives their vaccine has an impact on the… Audio