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Checkpoint for Monday 4 October 2021
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Lake Ōhau rebuilding lives one year on from devastating fire
6:29 PM.Residents in Lake Ōhau are rebuilding their lives and homes while slowly restoring the scorched landscape after last year's devastating fire.
Today marks one year since fire tore through the remote… Read more Video, Audio
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South Island reacts to easing of level 2 restrictions
6:21 PM.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced today the South Island will remain in alert level two but there has been some reprieve, with a slight easing of restrictions for hospitality… Read more Audio
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Mainfreight boss supports idea of Covid-19 vaccination mandate
6:15 PM.The government has made it clear without more vaccinations lockdowns are here to stay.
Over the weekend Covid-19 cases popped up in Waikato as Delta jumped the Auckland boundary.
Mainfreight… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland hospitality urges govt provide more financial help
6:11 PM.Auckland businesses on the brink say they might have to shut up shop or slash staff numbers if the government doesn't offer more financial help.
More than 300 hospitality businesses met virtually at… Read more Audio
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Govt reveals three-step plan out of AKL Covid-19 lockdown
6:08 PM.The government is pivoting its Covid-19 strategy - laying out a three-step plan for easing Auckland's lockdown restrictions.
Meanwhile National has criticised the announcement, with leader Judith… Read more Audio
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Ellis' historic child sex abuse appeal begins in Supreme Court
5:55 PM.An historic appeal into sexual abuse convictions for the former creche worker Peter Ellis has begun today in the country's highest court.
Ellis, who died two years ago, is appealing 13 counts of sex… Read more Video, Audio
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All Blacks win two MIQ spots, but wanted more
5:54 PM.The All Blacks secured two spots in the latest MIQ lottery, but wanted more.
Locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu will return to New Zealand from Australia for family reasons.
The rest of the… Read more Audio
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Experts push for Auckland freeze on prosecutions for personal drug use
5:54 PM.A group of health experts are suggesting an Auckland wide freeze on prosecuting people for personal drug use while the city's under strict Covid-19 restrictions.
A think-piece by epidemiologists… Read more Video, Audio
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Waiheke locals urge border for island as Auckland restrictions ease
5:45 PM.Waiheke Islanders want to break from Auckland's lockdown and bring in a localised border.
The island has never had a case of Covid-19, and locals fear that the easing of alert level restrictions… Read more Audio
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Transition from level 3 too risky - epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson
5:39 PM.A leading epidemiologist says while he has breathed a sigh of relief level 3 is still in place, he thinks the government has gone too far with the stepped transition, and it is too risky.
Professor… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 4 September 2021
5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Police mull charges against Tamaki after anti-lockdown protest
5:28 PM.Police are considering laying charges against the organisers of Auckland's anti-lockdown protest at the weekend.
Around a thousand people rallied at a 'No More Lockdowns' event at Auckland Domain on… Read more Audio
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NPC rugby players relocate to Cambridge after Covid-19 cases
5:26 PM.New Zealand Rugby has revealed 50 Hamilton-based players relocated to Cambridge last night before the city went back into lockdown.
But the chief executive of Waikato Rugby is reassuring the public… Read more Audio
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Raglan rushes to clean, test, vaccinate after Covid-19 cases
5:21 PM.A rush to deep clean, get a test and be vaccinated marked the first day of level three in Raglan following a case of Covid-19.
The case is one of two detected in the Waikato yesterday, with another… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland reacts to stepped transition out of level 3 restrictions
5:17 PM.Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is in Ponsonby following news of the three-step transition out of Auckland's alert level 3 restrictions.
He joins Lisa Owen with the latest on Covid-19 cases.
Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 vaccination may be mandated for teachers - Education Minister
5:07 PM.Aucklanders have been given a peek at what the road back to level two looks like.
But it is a long road and the government is warning it may need to pull the handbrake on at any moment.
Covid-19… Read more Video, Audio