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Covid-19: A summary of NZ developments on 26 January, 2021
Northlanders line up for tests and Ardern announces NZ's a step closer to getting a vaccine. Here's a summary of today's Covid-19 news.
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Backlash over Six60's Lotto association
less than a minute agoA Six60 mega-fan is appalled the band - which has a huge, young fanbase - has lent its image to a scratchie ticket, saying it promotes gambling to vulnerable groups.
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Stifling heat across Canterbury sees temperatures soar
about 2 hours agoThe mercury hit 37.5C at Ashburton Airport, 34.7C on Banks Peninsula and 33.7C in Methven today as Canterbury sweltered through the afternoon. Video
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QR codes at DOC visitor sites being expanded
1 minute agoTrampers can expect to see more QR codes in the great outdoors as the Department of Conservation expands the number of display sites.
The Briefing
New Zealand
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Some people 'may now be in NZ unlawfully'
26 Jan 2021Immigration New Zealand is apologising after sending emails mistakenly informing people their visas had been extended.
Covid-19 update: Two new cases in managed isolation facilities
Wairoa police armed after spate of incidents
Covid-19
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Recap: Northland community case updates on 26 January
26 Jan 2021The Ministry of Health has revealed that 15 close contacts of the Northland community case have returned negative test results.
What we know about the South African variant of Covid-19
Outbreak of South African Covid-19 variant would need alert level move - modeller
Business
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Govt commended for helping businesses survive pandemic
Businesses have given the government's Covid-19 emergency tax measures high marks, although not all measures have rated highly.
New Zealand and China upgrade free trade agreement
Nelson business hopes to grow peanut economy
Pacific
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Deportation stopping Tongan church members filing a complaint
26 Jan 2021There are fears members of a Tongan church in Auckland at the centre of a residency scam are afraid to file a complaint in case they are deported.
Pasifika nous to be tapped for NZ vaccination rollout
Australia announces major vaccination rollout support for PNG
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Mudlarking: finding treasure by the Thames
Sifting about in the mud on the edge of the River Thames might not be everyone's idea of fun, but Lara Maiklem has been doing it for nearly 20 years. She's found everything from Roman hair pins to a medieval child's shoe. Audio
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How Twitter took QAnon from America to the world
Donald Trump may have gone, but could his legacy live on in the form of conspiracy theories that have spilled beyond America's border? Audio
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To spray or not to spray
Voices - For an American scientist in Hawkes Bay, his experience on working with pest management on cotton fields lent itself to research in New Zealand's orchards. Audio
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Shona Laing: looking back at 50 years of music
Shona Laing, one of New Zealand's most fêted musicians, is the subject of an exhibition looking back at her career of 50 years. She spoke to Karyn Hay on The Weekend. Audio
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Ardern gives detail about Covid-19 vaccine timeline
26 Jan 2021Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says approval for the Pfizer vaccine could come as early as Wednesday next week. Video
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Collins focuses on housing, Covid-19 in state of the nation address
National is calling on the government to introduce urgent temporary legislation to make it easier to build houses.
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What we know about the South African variant of Covid-19
26 Jan 2021The Northland community case has the highly-transmissable South African variant of the coronavirus. This is what we know about the variant. Video
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Ministry process stifled complaints of abuse - childcare staff
26 Jan 2021A teacher says the education ministry made it hard for staff to complain about the owner of a Feilding childcare centre alleged to have mistreated children.
RNZ Music
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Dawn Raid - a movie about an important local record label
A new film follows the story of two Manukau Polytechnic students who turned a bootleg T-shirt business and hip-hop night at a local bar in Otara into the influential Dawn Raid Entertainment empire. Video, Audio
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Playlist: The Stars are Comforting
Beatrice Tinsley would have been 80 years old this week. Download the story of her career in astrophysics and her love of music, as described in letters to her family, from student days to her tragically early death.
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Hymns on Sunday
Hear hymns sung in some great acoustics, including St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, Washington National Cathedral, and the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul right here in New Zealand. ‘Amens’ have never sounded so good! Audio
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Songs about NZ places
Many songs have been sung about places in New Zealand so we've marked them on this map to explore and soundtrack your journeys across this land.
In Depth
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Revealed: The companies dumping contaminants down the drain
Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand's drains and getting away with it.
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Lack of South Auckland abortion services ‘unacceptable’
21 Dec 2020Repeated calls for abortion services to be provided in South Auckland have been ignored for more than a decade.
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Prisoner sues to stop pepper spray bombs that 'make grown men cry'
10 Dec 2020An asthmatic woman who was bombed with pepper spray in her Auckland prison cell is going to court to stop Corrections using the gas, which is marketed as… Video
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The companies who breached their trade waste consents respond
25 Jan 2021At least 270 companies have dumped contaminants into New Zealand's drains in the past year. Here we give them the opportunity to comment.
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