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Checkpoint for Wednesday 8 September 2021
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'We need clarity' for Covid-19 test to cross Auckland border - business owner
5:10 PM.The head of an Auckland company with 10 truck drivers says Covid-19 compliance costs are killing small businesses, as a new rule requires essential workers crossing Auckland's border to be tested… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 Minister details reopening of Crowne Plaza quarantine
5:15 PM.There has been a further drop in new cases in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak. On Wednesday 15 new cases were reported, all in Auckland.
The Crowne Plaza hotel MIQ facility in Auckland CBD, believed to… Read more Video, Audio
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Doctors, nurses isolate after Covid-19 case in Middlemore ward
5:20 PM.More on that mystery case at Middlemore Hospital now.. which has sent several doctors and nurses into isolation - and exacerbated staffing shortages. Katie Todd has the latest. Audio
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Months of work binned as lockdown hits flower growers
5:25 PM.Spring has sprung at the same time as level 4, forcing Auckland's flower growers to bin months of their work.
Under alert level 4 they aren't able to sell or distribute their goods but can't simply… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 8 September 2021
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6271415678001 Video, Audio
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Another cyber attack on NZ businesses - analysis
5:40 PM.Cyber attackers have taken down multiple New Zealand website and sevices in what appears to be a co-ordinated hit.
New Zealand Post, Inland Revenue and MetService all experienced blackouts. Kiwibank… Read more Video, Audio
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Papatoetoe tornado: Months on, many properties still a mess
5:45 PM.Nearly four months since June's deadly tornado ripped through the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe many properties still resemble bombsites.
Now Auckland's prolonged level 4 lockdown is causing further… Read more Video, Audio
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Businesses want sector-specific support as wage subsidy bill rises
5:50 PM.The government's wage subsidies bill has passed $1.2 billion.
The payout is supporting 838,000 employees, 117,000 self-employed people and 242,000 businesses.
The highest number of supported workers… Read more Audio
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Level 2 in a Wellington mall: Masks on, distancing questionable
5:55 PM.The chance to step out of the living room and get a dose of retail therapy was snapped up by Wellingtonians today, who emerged into the freedom of alert level 2.
[embed]… Read more Video, Audio
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Thousands of drivers line up for tests ahead of new border rule
6:10 PM.Truck drivers and other essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary are preparing to get weekly nasal swabs, even though saliva testing is widely used for border workers.
On Friday, the new… Read more Audio
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Mainfreight boss responds to new Covid-19 testing rule for border
6:14 PM.Truck drivers and other essential workers crossing Auckland's boundary are preparing to get weekly nasal swabs, even though saliva testing is widely used for border workers.
Don Braid is the managing… Read more Video, Audio
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Petition to Parliament urges more mental health workers
6:20 PM.A petition signed by nearly 14,000 people demanding the government increase the number of mental health workers has been handed to Parliament.
It included the signature of one person who contacted… Read more Audio
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Alexandra devastated blossom festival cancelled
6:23 PM.Now to Central Otago, where the Alexandra community is devastated their annual blossom festival has been cancelled.
It was to be the 65th year of the historic event and is the longest, continuously… Read more Audio
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Locks down after lockdown: Hairdressers battle shaggy manes in level 2
6:26 PM.As most of the country enjoys the new freedoms allowed under alert level 2, spare a thought for the hairdressers out there.
Just over three weeks of lockdown has resulted in some shaggy manes and… Read more Video, Audio