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Monday, 27 September 2021
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Door to door Covid-19 testing underway in Auckland
27 Sep 2021Door-to-door Covid-19 testing in Auckland is being seen as a way to help Auckland out of a costly lockdown.
Mobile testing vans have been visiting suburbs where the virus has been circulating, and… Read more Audio
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Home isolation possibility a game changer for horticulture tech company
For businesses home isolation will be a game changer; employees can get overseas and back without having to compete for a spot in MIQ.
The government's revealed it will start a pilot scheme next… Read more Video, Audio
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Seymour up, Collins down in latest poll - political analysis
27 Sep 2021Labour and National have both taken a hit in the latest One News Colmar-Brunton poll - with the Act Party proving the big winner.
Tonight's poll puts Labour at 43 percent - down 3 - and National at… Read more Video, Audio
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Water reforms: Christchurch sees 'glass half empty'
27 Sep 2021The government's plans to transfer control of water infrastructure from councils to a new agency took another blow on Monday.
The proposal has already been rejected by the country's largest council… Read more Audio
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Questions swirl around vaccine passports and legalities
As Aotearoa looks to the future of its Covid-19 response, there is increasing talk about how businesses will deal with mixing the vaccinated with the unvaccinated.
Maybe it is a vaccine passport, but… Read more Video, Audio
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Sir Ian Taylor details alternative isolation plan for business
27 Sep 2021Right now MIQ is a bigger risk to business than Covid-19 according to a leading entrepreneur who's detailed an alternative isolation plan in a bid to get businesses travelling again.
The boss of… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for Monday 27 September 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6274379611001 Video, Audio
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Auckland port CEO's $1m exit payout 'unjustified' - Phil Goff
The former Ports of Auckland boss brought in lawyers to negotiate his exit payout of nearly $1 million, but any details as to why he was given the money remain under wraps.
Auckland's Mayor Phil Goff… Read more Video, Audio
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No paradise city in South Island for Guns n' Roses
The South Island has not had a case of Covid-19 in the community for more than a year, despite that they woke today of news that another big event has been canned.
Guns n' Roses called off their… Read more Audio
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Eden Park urges Aucklanders to get vaccinated so it can survive
Eden Park says it will struggle to stay commercially viable if vaccination rates in Auckland do not get close to 90 percent.
As the prospect of summer crowds and concerts draw closer, major events… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 Minister on details of self-isolation pilot
Home isolation is coming, but not quite yet and it is just for a select few. The Prime Minister floated the idea of a self isolation in pilot in August saying it would begin in October.
Today Jacinda… Read more Video, Audio
Friday, 24 September 2021
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Emergency contraceptive pill free at Northland pharmacies
24 Sep 2021The emergency contraceptive pill, or morning after pill, normally comes at a cost of at least $40 at New Zealand pharmacies.
But across Northland, it is free. For the last two years, the DHB has… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint is RNZ's drive-time news and current affairs programme, tackling the national and international stories of the day.
The show airs weekdays fro4-6pm and is hosted by Lisa Owen.
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