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Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 April 2020
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Air NZ silent about Covid-19 cases as staff fears grow over quarantine exemption
5:10 PM.Air New Zealand is keeping secret the number of its staff infected with Covid-19 amid allegations it is not doing enough to keep its workers safe. Read more Video, Audio
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Cheap petrol, but no demand - how low will price drop?
5:27 PM.All the cheap petrol in the world is of no use if your car is going nowhere.
The US is facing fuel storage problems, and it is being described as a once in a lifetime event.
In New Zealand Z Energy… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 21 April 2020
5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Govt tries to reassure teachers, parents over reopening fears
5:45 PM.The government is reassuring worried parents and teachers that its plan to partially reopen schools and early learning centres next week is safe and workable.
In briefings on Tuesday, the Education… Read more Audio
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Fears for farmers' mental health facing drought, Covid-19
5:48 PM.There are fears for farmers' mental health as the sector battles with the impacts of drought and Covid-19.
Farming leaders say lockdown has magnified the challenges that isolation presents in rural… Read more Audio
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Foodbanks running dry under Covid-19 lockdown
5:52 PM.What happens when your local food bank runs out of food?
That was almost the case for the Masterton Foodbank whose supplies ran dry after seeing a three-fold increase in demand late last week.
Local… Read more Video, Audio
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Food rescue charity struggling without volunteers under lockdown
5:52 PM.A food rescue charity has been forced to ask for charity itself to save good quality food from going to waste during the lockdown.
Fairfood collects food from organisations that would otherwise go to… Read more Audio
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un reportedly near death
6:10 PM.The leader of the world's most secretive country is apparently close to death.
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has reportedly suffered complications after surgery.
Speculation on his health… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt grilled by Opposition over help for small businesses
6:14 PM.Government ministers have been bombarded with questions about their lack of analysis on how small businesses would survive an extended lockdown period.
Small Business Minister Stuart Nash has been… Read more Audio
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Health workers unions welcome personal protective gear review
6:18 PM.Health workers' unions hope that an external review of personal protective gear, PPE, mean they never again have to worry about facing a pandemic without protection.
The Auditor General announced it… Read more Audio
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Generous farmers 'meat the need' in Covid-19 lockdown
6:25 PM.Hard up New Zealanders look set to benefit from the initiative of two New Zealand farmers who want to feed the poor.
The pair started plans to donate meat a year ago, but say the Covid-19 crisis… Read more Audio
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Songs of lockdown: Palmerston North choir alive and well online
6:27 PM.While many community groups have had to put their hobbies on hold during the lockdown, a Palmerston North choir is taking a novel approach to keep its singing alive.
Six to Sixty has members of all… Read more Audio