The 'foundational right' of New Zealanders to return home, versus the 'proportionate' response to the risks the country faced.

The two key arguments that have been debated in the High Court in Wellington over the last couple of days, as the group Grounded Kiwis takes on the government over the MIQ system.

It's a policy that's resulted in heartbreak for thousands of offshore New Zealanders, forced to play the MIQ lottery to get a ticket home.

The hearing has now wrapped up and a group of Grounded Kiwis is gathering in the capital.

Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen was there.

She is joined by Grounded Kiwis spokesperson Alexandra Birt.

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has made history once again becoming our first athlete to win multiple medals at a Winter Olympics.

She secured silver in the big air competition this afternoon, adding to the gold she won in the women's slopestyle last week and a bronze she won in PyeongChang in 2018 when she was just 16.

"I'm super stoked and can't really believe it," Sadowski-Synnott told Checkpoint.

"Winning two medals in one games, but I had a pretty sick team behind me and couldn't have done it without them.

"It means a lot to me - growing up snowboarding and dreaming of going to the Olympics, and now walking away with two medals. I'm just so happy and proud of where my snowboarding has gone and yeah, hope I made my family proud.

"I just told myself to take care of the snowboarding first and let the performance and snowboarding speak for itself. And then whatever result I got just as long as I was stoked with how I was riding, I'd be happy."

Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has made history once again becoming our first athlete to win multiple medals at a Winter Olympics.

She secured silver in the big air competition this afternoon, adding to the gold she won in the women's slopestyle last week and a bronze she won in PyeongChang in 2018 when she was just 16.

"I'm super stoked and can't really believe it," Sadowski-Synnott told Checkpoint.

"Winning two medals in one games, but I had a pretty sick team behind me and couldn't have done it without them.

"It means a lot to me - growing up snowboarding and dreaming of going to the Olympics, and now walking away with two medals. I'm just so happy and proud of where my snowboarding has gone and yeah, hope I made my family proud.

"I just told myself to take care of the snowboarding first and let the performance and snowboarding speak for itself. And then whatever result I got just as long as I was stoked with how I was riding, I'd be happy."

Recent Glorivale escapees are among the many New Zealanders banned from practical driving tests because they haven't been vaccinated.

It comes as the government continues to face pressure on classing practical driving tests an essential service.

It's so far refused to budge on the policy, but now it appears change could be around the corner.

Nick Truebridge reports.

Recent Glorivale escapees are among the many New Zealanders banned from practical driving tests because they haven't been vaccinated.

It comes as the government continues to face pressure on classing practical driving tests an essential service.

It's so far refused to budge on the policy, but now it appears change could be around the corner.

Nick Truebridge reports.

Managing isolating staff will be a big hurdle for businesses as the country enters Phase 2 of the Covid response.

but their bigger worry is the dwindling foot traffic - with some outlets already shutting their doors.

Reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Marika Khabazi went to see some in Auckland.

Managing isolating staff will be a big hurdle for businesses as the country enters Phase 2 of the Covid response.

but their bigger worry is the dwindling foot traffic - with some outlets already shutting their doors.

Reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Marika Khabazi went to see some in Auckland.

Whitestone Cheese is relying on RATs to keep it going under phase 2 of the Omicron response.

Whitestone Cheese has sourced the rapid antigen tests itself and is waiting to be confirmed as a critical business.

Managing director Simon Berry told Checkpoint they have spent $20,000 on rapid antigen tests and a tracing system to monitor who is a potential contact.

"It's a lanyard system and it records how long each lanyard has been talking to each other throughout the day.

"So if one member gets [Covid] within minutes we can run a report and say 'right, you've had 15 minutes with this staff member, you've got eight close contacts, you've got 12 that are secondary contacts'.

"With this system it's not about proving who's with you, it's actually proving who wasn't with you.

"We're fighting all these regulations and restrictions to keep operating to keep job security going."

Whitestone Cheese is relying on RATs to keep it going under phase 2 of the Omicron response.

Whitestone Cheese has sourced the rapid antigen tests itself and is waiting to be confirmed as a critical business.

Managing director Simon Berry told Checkpoint they have spent $20,000 on rapid antigen tests and a tracing system to monitor who is a potential contact.

"It's a lanyard system and it records how long each lanyard has been talking to each other throughout the day.

"So if one member gets [Covid] within minutes we can run a report and say 'right, you've had 15 minutes with this staff member, you've got eight close contacts, you've got 12 that are secondary contacts'.

"With this system it's not about proving who's with you, it's actually proving who wasn't with you.

"We're fighting all these regulations and restrictions to keep operating to keep job security going."

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