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Checkpoint for Wednesday 18 March 2020
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Covid-19: NZ cases jump to 20 as travellers return
5:09 PM.Twenty people in New Zealand now have the Coronavirus, as the number of cases jumped by two thirds today.
It comes as the government on Wednesday urged New Zealanders abroad to return home before… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt urges NZers around world to return home as borders close
5:11 PM.If you're travelling overseas, come home now before it's too late - that's the message from the government as borders and transport links across the world shut down because of Covid-19.
New… Read more Audio
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Immigration goes hard to catch tourists ignoring isolation rules
5:22 PM.Immigration is promising a hard-line approach to rounding up wayward tourists flouting isolation rules.
And it's calling on New Zealanders to dob those people in.
Two tourists are in lockdown in… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 18 March 2020
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Help NZ health system, get your flu vaccine, Health Minister urges
5:41 PM.The Health Minister says New Zealand is now effectively at war with Covid-19 - and one of the lines of defence, is an early launch of this year's flu vaccination campaign.
While it won't protect… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Parliament tense as govt prepares for economic shock
5:45 PM.Parliament is becoming increasingly fractious as the Government prepares the country for a major economic shock.
A $12 billion support package was its first, urgent response to the Covid-19 crisis… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: More cancellations by community sporting bodies
5:48 PM.Community sports teams say they've been hit hard by the cancellation of games by the country's sporting bodies to contain the spread of Covid-19.
Today, Football New Zealand, Cricket New Zealand and… Read more Audio
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Abortion bill: Concerns ongoing for disabilities, post-20 week terminations
5:52 PM.Families of people with disabilities lobbying the Prime Minister on the Abortion Bill have found an ally in Labour MP Greg O'Connor.
The Ohariu MP and former police officer has an intellectually… Read more Video, Audio
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Flights changing hourly - Auckland Airport boss
6:07 PM.What happens when you're whole business relies on planes landing and taking off and suddenly that traffic turns to a trickle?
International traveller numbers have plunged for Auckland Airport and on… Read more Video, Audio
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Flu vaccines: Low-risk NZers asked to wait until April for shot
6:13 PM.A mass flu vaccination programme will get underway early this year ahead of the coming flu season.
The government is concerned the health system might not be able to cope with the added of burden of… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Dunedin locals worried for vulnerable in community
6:17 PM.In Dunedin 150 people will be tested for Covid-19 following tracing at a local high school.
A man and his teenage son who attends Logan Park High School are the first two confirmed cases in the… Read more Audio
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Police officer found guilty of raping colleague
6:21 PM.Guilty verdicts in the trial of a police officer accused of raping his colleague were met with tears and anger.
The 29-year-old man has been on trial in the Auckland District Court for the past two… Read more Audio
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Some feel safer with armed police teams - Māori warden
6:21 PM.A South Auckland-based Māori warden says some people feel safer with armed police response teams on the roads - despite controversy over the teams.
Māori justice advocates are submitting an urgent… Read more Audio