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Checkpoint for Thursday 26 March 2020
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Christchurch mosque attacks shooter pleads guilty
5:10 PM.Peace at last - that is the reaction of Farid Ahmed to Thursday's guilty pleas from the man responsible for causing so much hurt on March 15 2019.
Mr Ahmed's wife, Husna, was amongst the 51… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown in NZ: What happened on day one
5:16 PM.Day one of the nationwide lockdown is drawing to an end and the Prime Minister has thanked New Zealanders for doing their bit to contain Covid-19.
There are 78 new cases, with seven people in… Read more Video, Audio
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How lockdown, contact tracing may stamp out Covid-19 in NZ
5:24 PM.Modelling by New Zealand researchers shows how the country is buying time in the fight against Covid-19.
There is no certainty the four-week lockdown will be enough. Researchers say that left… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 - Marist College cases now 13
5:30 PM.The Auckland girl's school Marist College is one of the clusters of infection being tracked by health authorities.
Marist College Board Chair Stephen Dallow tells Lisa Owen the confirmed cases are… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 26 March 2020
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Covid-19: Does NZ have enough ICU beds, ventilators?
5:38 PM.What happens if New Zealand's intensive care units are swamped with Covid-19 cases?
Who or what will decide which patients get priority? That is exactly what a group of doctors, ethics specialists… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Big businesses make huge cuts to stay afloat
5:43 PM.Auckland Airport has mothballed big projects and laid off 90 contractors as it tackles the impact of the covid-19 crisis.
It is one of a number of multi billion dollar businesses taking extraordinary… Read more Audio
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People still sleeping on streets, in cars, during lockdown
5:50 PM.Agencies have kicked into high gear to get rough sleepers into accommodation during the lockdown, but some people still have nowhere to go.
Groups working with rough sleepers had to turn people away… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Kiwis in Australia want to see same lockdown as NZ
5:55 PM.As we adjust to life in lockdown, Kiwis in Australia want similar measures to come into place there - and they want it soon.
There have been close to 2500 cases in Australia so far and 12 deaths but… Read more Audio
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Free flowers for many in Auckland as florists clear stock
5:57 PM.Thousands of Aucklanders received surprise bouquets of fresh flowers before the country went into lockdown from a wholesaler who saw a last chance opportunity to bring joy to people before isolation.
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Mosque shooting survivor explains love, forgiveness for the terrorist
6:10 PM.Farid Ahmed whose wife Husna was shot dead by mass murderer Brenton Tarrant wants to meet the man who killed his wife to let him know he is loved and forgiven.
The 29-year-old admitted 51 charges of… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown: Thursday's new cases
6:20 PM.Seven days ago, New Zealand had 11 cases of Covid-19, on Thursday the total is 283.
The Ministry of Health confirmed 78 new cases of the virus today. Charlotte Cook has the latest. Read more Audio
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Covid-19 - New Zealanders around world in limbo as borders tighten
6:24 PM.New Zealanders around the world are stuck in travel limbo as they rush to get home amid even tighter restrictions on movement.
The government has said there may be no way home for some of these… Read more Audio
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Far North road checkpoints get police support
6:26 PM.Checkpoints in the Far North running testing stations and turning tourists away with no self-isolation plans have been scaled back with organisers saying they had achieved their desired effect.
… Read more Video, Audio
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Hikers leave bush to find NZ readying for Covid-19 lockdown
6:28 PM.Imagine heading into the bush last week and coming out five days later, only to find that Covid-19 had turned the world upside down.
That has been the mind-boggling reality for Pauline Dupont and her… Read more Video, Audio