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Checkpoint for Friday 2 October 2020
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Covid-19: Australia opens NSW, NT borders for NZ travel
5:09 PM.The trans-Tasman bubble is about to begin. Sort of.
New Zealanders will be able to fly to Australia from October 16. On Friday afternoon, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack held a… Read more Video, Audio
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Was a rubbish bin responsible for Covid-19 transmission?
5:11 PM.The Ministry of Health suspects a shared rubbish bin was responsible for the infection of two people who only tested positive after leaving managed isolation.
There were no new cases of Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Surface transmission of Covid-19 - what the experts say
5:15 PM.What do we know about surface transmission of Covid-19? Auckland University Professor of Medicine Des Gorman talks to Lisa Owen. Read more Video, Audio
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Tourism operator furious at Covid-19 support confusion
5:21 PM.A West Coast tourism operator is furious that receiving the government's Covid-19 small business loan has left them thousands of dollars worse off.
They say they weren't told getting it meant they… Read more Audio
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NZ Rugby Players Association boss on Super Rugby 2021 saga
5:25 PM.A player revolt is brewing over New Zealand Rugby's exclusion of a Pacific Islands team for next year's Super Rugby competition.
The 2021 edition will again comprise of five New Zealand teams, with… Read more Video, Audio
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$180m boost won't solve Canterbury DHB problems - ex-member
5:42 PM.A former Canterbury District Health Board member says the $180 million to wipe the boards deficit won't solve its deeper problems.
The Health Minister yesterday announced the equity injection to… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 2 October 2020
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Covid-19 has not slowed NZ's runaway house prices
5:45 PM.Not even Covid-19 has put a stop to runaway house prices, with first home-buyers spending up to $200,000 more than expected for their first home.
And measures introduced by both Labour and National… Read more Audio
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Staffroom turns classroom as Auckland school's roll skyrockets
6:00 PM.An Auckland school which is bursting at the seams has had to transform its board room, staff room, prinicpal's office and now corridoors into classooms to make space for its skyrocketing roll.
… Read more Video, Audio
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Australia travel announcement 'fairly inconsequential' - Tourism Industry Aotearoa boss
6:08 PM.Australia has announced plans for a one way travel bubble across the Tasman, with New Zealanders able to travel to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without having to quarantine, from October… Read more Video, Audio
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Big day of policies on Election 2020 campaign trail
6:13 PM.It was a big day on the campaign trail today, with politicians pumping out policy on the eve of advance voting.
Labour revealed its largely unchanged plan for housing in Auckland, while National… Read more Audio
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US President Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19 - latest
6:18 PM.US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for Covid-19.
Mr Trump tweeted the news a very short time ago. It comes after his advisor Hope Hicks revealed earlier she was… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ's largest floating solar array catching the sun in Auckland
6:22 PM.It's just under one hectare in size, captures the sun to produce electricity and floats on water.
New Zealand's largest and only floating solar array has officially opened in Auckland's Northshore… Read more Video, Audio