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Checkpoint for Wednesday 8 April 2020
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Home-schooling may continue after NZ's Covid-19 lockdown
5:10 PM.Parents are being told they may need to keep home-schooling their children beyond the level four lockdown.
The government is creating a package so that students can learn at home when term two… Read more Audio
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Accusations some employers ripping off Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme
5:16 PM.Some employers are not passing on all of the wage subsidy they're receiving for workers and are instead pocketing the money for themselves.
As of Tuesday 40 percent of New Zealand's workforce was… Read more Audio
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Education Minister explains Covid-19 home-learning plans
5:21 PM.School lessons will be broadcast in te reo Māori and English from mid next week, and hard copy lessons packs will be delivered to tens of thousands of homes if needed.
The government is also… Read more Video, Audio
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Why did busy Waikanae supermarket apply for Covid-19 wage subsidy?
5:25 PM.Foodstuffs is refusing to say why its New World Waikanae store applied for $140,000 in wage subsidies despite appearing busier than ever.
On Tuesday it announced that stores that had applied had… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 8 April 2020
5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Tamihere told staff to lie for Covid-19 test, doctors claim
5:42 PM.Two Māori doctors have walked off the job at a Covid-19 testing clinic in west Auckland, after claims the urban Māori leader John Tamihere allegedly told his staff to lie so that they could be tested… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: The shocking state of care, caution in Trump's US
5:50 PM.Covid-19 hospitalisations seem to be levelling off in New York - the epicentre of the pandemic in the US.
Centre for Disease Control figures show the United States has more than 370,000 cases of… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Harold tears through Vanuatu, Fiji, thousands homeless
5:54 PM.Cyclone Harold is bearing down on Fiji, where torrential rain has flooded rivers and powerful winds have already caused significant damage.
The storm has weakened somewhat - now Category 4 - but it… Read more Audio
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Fungi taking hold on some sport turfs under Covid-19 lockdown
5:58 PM.After two weeks without greenkeeping, fungal diseases are starting take hold of some sports turfs and are wrecking thousands of dollars of damage.
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Covid-19 cooking: Rekindling a passion or a daily struggle?
6:03 PM.There might be a silver lining to being cooped up at home, it is forcing us to get back in the kitchen.
While some are re-kindling an old passion for cooking, for others the struggle to get their… Read more Video, Audio
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PM Ardern cautiously optimistic as new Covid-19 cases ease
6:10 PM.The Prime Minister remains cautiously optimistic about the fight against Covid-19, as the number of new cases in New Zealand continues to slowly fall.
Today there were 50 new confirmed and probable… Read more Audio
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Not enough PPE being given from DHBs, care workers claim
6:18 PM.Caregivers, home-support workers and nurses are accusing some district health boards of failing to give them enough masks or other protective equipment to stop them - or their patients - getting… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown: Lower decile students to be hit hardest
6:19 PM.Educators say the nationwide move towards distance learning for students from next week will highlight the inequity among children in New Zealand like never before.
As schools prepare for the start… Read more Audio
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Govt pledges NZ tourism reboot after Covid-19
6:25 PM.The tourism industry is preparing for a shake-up after the government announced a reboot in the wake of Covid-19. Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis says the project will re-imagine the way tourism is… Read more Audio
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Countdown gives DHB masks, but loses flu jab priority
6:28 PM.There has been a u-turn on providing supermarket workers with a priority flu jab, and no explanation, Countdown's Kiri Hannifin told Checkpoint.
It comes as Countdown supplied 200,000 masks to… Read more Video, Audio