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Checkpoint for Monday 17 August 2020
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Covid-19: Election day delayed four weeks
5:07 PM.The election countdown clock has been reset, with the Prime Minister pushing back polling day by four weeks to October 17, due to latest outbreak of Covid-19.
Jacinda Ardern has been under increasing… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19-free Waiheke Island concerned about Auckland visitors
5:12 PM.Waiheke locals are bemoaning the presence of Auckland day-trippers to the popular Hauraki Gulf island.
It follows reports some non-residents travelled to the island over the weekend and hired… Read more Video, Audio
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Fines for Covid-19 level 3 rule breakers a possibility - police
5:18 PM.After scenes of crowded parks and public areas in Auckland over the weekend, Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers has told Checkpoint issuing fines could be a possibility.
He says police… Read more Video, Audio
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Source of latest Covid-19 outbreak may never be found
5:27 PM.The Director-General of Health insists there's been no testing failure for staff dealing with arrivals at the border and in quarantine facilities.
There are nine new cases of Covid-19 today in the… Read more Video, Audio
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Ports scramble to get thousands of workers Covid-19 tested
5:31 PM.The midnight deadline to have all those thousands of ports staff tested has been abandoned as health authorities struggle to get through everyone.
Around 12,000 people are expected to be screened at… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 17 August 2020
5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland Grammar headmaster welcomes Year 12, 13 class exemptions
5:43 PM.A decision late on Monday by the government will give school principals the option of allowing Year 12 and 13 students back to school early for face to face learning during alert level 3.
Auckland… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 in Victoria: 282 new cases, 25 more deaths
5:50 PM.In Australia, Victoria has recorded its biggest one-day increase in Covid-19 deaths since the pandemic began.
Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed 282 new infections overnight and 25 deaths - more than… Read more Video, Audio
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Voters across NZ welcome revised October election date
5:53 PM.Voters across the country have largely welcomed the new October election date, saying the delay was inevitable.
The Prime Minister announced the change less than a week after raising the Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Latest Covid-19 financial help - what you need to know
6:07 PM.The government has revealed its latest financial measures to lessen the economic fall-out under this second wave of Covid-19 under alert levels 2 and 3.
The Finance Minister Grant Robertson has… Read more Audio
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Electoral Commission readies for potential level 3 election day
6:10 PM.The Electoral Commission's chief electoral officer has the ability to delay the election day in one region if it is deemed unsafe to vote.
On Monday morning Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern postponed… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 fears, social media stirring hatred, leaders concerned
6:19 PM.A Pacific community leader believes fear about the origin and size of the latest coronavirus outbreak is driving social media vitriol and finger-pointing.
And the chairman of Netsafe is warning… Read more Audio
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Referendum campaigners relieved at election delay
6:21 PM.Most campaigners are breathing a sigh of relief that the election has been delayed another month, giving them precious time to change more minds.
The two referendum topics have been subject to much… Read more Audio