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Tuesday, 30 November 2021
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Evening business for 30 November 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6284447002001 Video, Audio
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Buy it if you see it - Food & Grocery Council CEO's Christmas warning
You may have noticed empty shelves at some supermarkets, particularly in Auckland.
Bare supermarket shelves, swathes of missing products, your favourite must-have ingredients missing.
Countdown is… Read more Video, Audio
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Harsher fines, restrictions possible for freedom campers
Harsher fines and more restrictions could be on the cards for freedom campers, as the government tries to flush out the bad behaving ones.
The Tourism Minister announced a crackdown on some campers… Read more Audio
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Hundreds of unvaccinated young learner drivers barred from practical test
Learner drivers looking to lose the L plates won't be able to sit practical tests unless they're fully vaccinated.
VTNZ's line has drawn the ire of the Driving Change Network. It says hundreds of… Read more Audio
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Bridges bows out, Luxon, Willis take National leadership
30 Nov 2021The new National Party leader Christopher Luxon is promising to revitalise the party, saying his relative inexperience in Parliament is an advantage.
The former Air New Zealand boss has been elected… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 29 November 2021
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Event organisers face tough decisions with regions in red level
The brakes could be on major summer festivals after the government revealed red lights for their regions in the new traffic light system.
Nita Blake-Persen reports. Read more Audio
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Event cancellations ahead for Taupō venue under red level
For those areas in the red level of the new Covid traffic light system there are tougher restrictions, including 100 person limits in bars and restaurants.
Torben Land from the 2 Mile Sailing Club in… Read more Video, Audio
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Cricket: Black Caps face uphill battle in Test against India
29 Nov 2021The Black Caps are facing an uphill battle to try to win their test against India, in India. Clay Wilson has the latest. Read more Audio
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Lab workers weary in ongoing fight against Covid
29 Nov 2021"Beleaguered and weary" in the back room fight against Covid - that is how the team of 4,000 lab workers is feeling after what has been described as a "war-like onslaught" for their services according… Read more Video, Audio
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Fears of regression as Omicron spreads around world
29 Nov 2021The Omicron Covid variant is spreading across the world, and with it fear of a major step-back in the pandemic.
More than a dozen people now have it in the Netherlands, eight in France, three in the… Read more Audio
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Tairāwhiti in Covid level red - the response in Gisborne
29 Nov 2021Tairāwhiti will go red on Friday - one of several North Island regions to head into the tightest restrictions in the traffic light framework.
Our reporter Tom Kitchin joins Lisa Owen from Gisborne.
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Whangārei mayor hopes orange level possible for north by mid-January
Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai has told Checkpoint the red level of the traffic light system is not like alert level 2.
"It's quite different... We've been in a privileged position of level two, and… Read more Video, 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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