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Govt defends MIQ and border settings to date

05:48 am on 3 February 2022

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And as you'll have heard in Ella's report before the Prime Minister is due to announce changes to the country's border settings today. Nathan Rarere was able to discuss this with the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. He also asked him about the government's newly unveiled income insurance scheme, which would mean people who've lost their job's because of redundancy or illness get 80 percent of their usual salary for seven months - with the option of stretching it to a year. But he began by asking to give us the low-down on the new border rules.