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Thursday, 4 February 2021
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Tāmaki Makaurau Pride Festival kicks off
4 Feb 2021Thursday marks the opening of the Pride festival in Tāmaki Makaurau which runs until the end of the month.
The Gala is taking place tonight at Q theatre's Rangatira and is completely sold out.
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Water works seen underway near Karitane
4 Feb 2021An Otago local saw on Thursday evening Dunedin city water care workers, rolls of piping and a digger, appearing to be replacing a water line through a swamp near Karitane.
He joins us to describe… Read more Audio
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Māori astronomers to set dates for Matariki holiday
4 Feb 2021Māori astronomers will be using the stars and moon phases to set a different date for the Matariki public holiday each year.
The Prime Minister promised to make Matariki a public holiday if… Read more Audio
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Waikouaiti local board chair on news of lead contamination
4 Feb 2021The lead levels found in water in two east Otago towns was 40 times the the allowable level in drinking water at its worst, not four, as they initially said.
In the last hour Dunedin City Council has… Read more Video, Audio
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Otago lead in water was 40 times acceptable level, not 4, Dunedin Mayor learns on air
4 Feb 2021The Dunedin City Council has corrected its figures on lead contamination, saying the worst test result that was emailed on December 18 was 40 times the allowable level in drinking water, not four.
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Water woes becoming daily disasters for Wellington
4 Feb 2021Burst pipes, a sinkhole, a water geyser in a suburban street - Wellington's water woes are fast becoming daily disasters.
Pressure is mounting on the Wellington City Council and Wellington Water to… Read more Audio
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Industry sewing seeds as oat milk popularity rises
4 Feb 2021The oat industry is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of oat milk - with plans to build a plant-based milk factory in New Zealand.
Growers, processors and retailers flocked to a farm near Gore… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 causing delays for car owners and panel beaters
4 Feb 2021Car owners are waiting weeks - even months - to get back on the road after serious prangs because of lengthy delays in getting parts in.
It's causing a traffic jam for local panel beaters.
Our… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 4 February 2021
4 Feb 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6228970884001 Video, Audio
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Covid-19 limits in Victoria again after hotel worker tests positive
4 Feb 2021To Australia, where residents of Victoria are once again living under restrictions, after an Australian Open quarantine hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19.
Authorities are 'assuming the worst'… Read more Video, Audio
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Ardern's fourth speech as PM at Waitangi
4 Feb 2021The Prime Minister has delivered her fourth speech from the mahau at Waitangi today, acknowledging the government's challenges of the past year but also using the forum to announce a new public… Read more Video, Audio
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Dr Bloomfield details latest Covid-19 case connected to Pullman
4 Feb 2021Another person linked to the Pullman Hotel outbreak has tested positive for Covid-19. The new case is the mother of the child who tested positive with the South African strain of the virus last week.
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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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