Covid-19 live: Ombudsman launches investigation into MIQ booking system

Can't view this email, [click here]( 21 October 2021 Hi {NAME}, Catch up on today's latest news in your daily briefing. Top Headlines [Large Article Image]( [Covid-19 live: Ombudsman launches investigation into MIQ booking system]( Chief Ombudsman says he has already identified some common themes in about 200 complaints relating to the booking system. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Large Article Image]( ['Tell the mayor to get vaccinated': Sandra Goudie won't take the Pfizer vaccine, and won't say why]( Thames-Coromandel mayor Sandra Goudie won't take the Pfizer vaccine, and won't commit to taking her preferred option either. Some call her a danger to the public. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Covid-19: MIQ escapee who allegedly gave security the slip at home, hands herself in]( The woman is alleged to have dodged her security escort while getting personal items for an isolation stay from her Auckland home. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( ['We feel fully broken for you bro': Stan Walker's touching tribute to close friend Sean Wainui]( Kiwi musician pays tribute to close friend and rugby player Sean Wainui. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Technology [Small Article Image]( [With Voice Plan, Apple pays you to use only Siri for music]( With Voice Plan, users can pay less for their music subscription if they’re willing to lock themselves in to Apple’s ecosystem. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Apple Watch Series 7 review: Bigger screen + faster charging = the best smartwatch (still)]( Apple’s trend of evolutionary, not revolutionary, updates continues with the Apple Watch Series 7. 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[Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [All the Pixel 6 surprises have leaked thanks to a careless retailer]( When Google unveiled the weird look and key features of the Pixel 6 over the hugely unsuitable medium of Twitter last month, it wasn't the way Google intended. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Business [Small Article Image]( ['Seriously arguable' building company hid assets in Hawke's Bay dream home drama]( Jason and Victoria Roebuck's new home is defective. A court will decide if it is a tear-down and whether the firm that built it is hiding assets. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( ['Great resignation' coming to NZ: More people ponder quitting their job]( With a smaller talent pool here now more of us are curious about other job opportunities and open to job offers. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [When it's not OK to ask employees about their Covid-19 vaccination status]( OPINION: A tip to employers, do not ask for a show of hands as to who has been vaccinated against Covid-19 in your staff meeting. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Christchurch hospo group suffers Covid collapse, buyers sought for three venues]( Ongoing pressures from Covid-19 caused the businesses to become insolvent, liquidator says. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [New housing rules: 'There are going to be issues']( Expert says villa-owners who find they will soon have apartment blocks for neighbours could have questions. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [In Auckland, the rule of law has given way to the rule of Wellington bureaucrats]( OPINION: Auckland seems to be increasingly governed by public servants in Wellington, who have little understanding of the nation’s commercial capital. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Rural [Small Article Image]( [ASB bets Fonterra will pay farmers a record milk price this season]( ASB expects Fonterra to pay farmers a record farmgate milk price this season, at the top of the co-operative's range. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [A farmer tackles the question: Why are dairy products so expensive here?]( OPINION: Expensive relative to what, I ask? Here's why a processor setting up shop to supply our domestic market won't ever happen. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Silver Fern Farms lifts minimum pay to attract and retain staff]( The company will lift the minimum hourly productive rate to $24 per hour, an increase of almost 10 per cent. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Urgent action needed to limit the spread of carbon forestry and save sheep and beef land, farmers say]( Farmers say the pace of sheep and beef farm conversions to forestry must be curbed, after the Government signals a change in thinking. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [New app by Golden Bay man to help rural trainees]( A new app developed by a Golden Bay man to support the trainees of rural contractors is expected to help boost the sector. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Shortage of experienced staff prompts more training sessions]( A shortage of experienced staff will result in managers at a rural contracting business spending more time operating machines this harvesting and cultivating season. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( World [Small Article Image]( [Israeli scuba diver discovers ancient Crusader sword]( An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( ['I think silence speaks volumes': Gabby Petito's parents want answers as they bring daughter's remains home]( Gabby Petito's parents have finally been allowed to take home the remains of their 22-year-old daughter, as the search for Brian Laundrie continues. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Norway revises account of deadly attack: No bow and arrow, and doubts over terrorism]( Investigators acknowledged that they were now looking at "illness" as a possible factor and that those killed were stabbed - some in their homes - rather than hit by arrows. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Cameras watching Western Australia’s remote north could help find missing girl Cleo Smith]( With the search for 4-year-old Cleo Smith in its fifth day, investigators are painting a picture of who was in the area when the girl was possibly abducted. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Texas nurse convicted of killing 4 men with air injections]( Prosecutors in the US say they intend to seek the death penalty for William George Davis. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Trapped by lava: Drone company attempts to rescue stranded dogs on Spain's Canary Islands]( A drone company says it will conduct a rescue mission to save dogs trapped on La Palma in the Canary Islands as volcanic eruptions continue. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( Entertainment [Small Article Image]( [Tiger King zookeeper Erik Cowie's cause of death revealed]( A month after the death of 52-year-old Erik Cowie, who rose to fame in Netflix's Tiger King series, a medical examiner has ruled on the cause and manner of his sudden passing. [Share article on Facebook]( [Share article on Twitter]( [Small Article Image]( [Harry Styles joins the MCU: All the details on his surprise Eternals role]( When Eternals premiered in Hollywood on October 18, audience members spotted a familiar, but unexpected face in a post-credits scene: Harry Styles. 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