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Wednesday, 25 August 2021
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Evening business for Wednesday 25 August 2021
25 Aug 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6269395694001 Video, Audio
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Some in Hawke's Bay enjoy lockdown from beachside camps
25 Aug 2021Some people are enjoying lockdown in the comfort of a campervan by the beach, and they're all allowed to.
A seaside site in Napier has been opened by the city council so people can self-isolate in… Read more Audio
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Nurses union responds to Middlemore staff Covid-19 case
Health authorities are trying to confirm how a Middlemore emergency department nurse caught Covid-19.
The person is fully vaccinated and wore PPE at appropriate times according to the Ministry Health… Read more Video, Audio
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New quarantine facility prepared near Auckland Airport - Hipkins
25 Aug 2021There are now more than 480 places of interest in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak. There are also more than 20,000 contacts in the cluster.
Today there was a record 62 cases linked to the Delta cluster… Read more Video, Audio
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Northland police set up checkpoints as roads busy from Auckland
25 Aug 2021Police in Northland are setting up checkpoints to ping those who are out on the roads and shouldn't be.
Three checkpoints are being set up at entry points from the south into Northland.
Our reporter… Read more Video, Audio
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Slow response to Highbrook vaccine error 'regrettable' - Hipkins
25 Aug 2021"Regrettable" is how the Covid-19 Response Minister has described the slow response to a vaccine botch up, that may have resulted in five people possibly missing a Covid-19 vaccine.
More than 700… Read more Audio
Tuesday, 24 August 2021
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Covid-19: 100-year-old among locals getting vaccinated at Mokau
24 Aug 2021A 100-year-old was among those vaccinated against Covid-19 on the remote Taranaki-King Country boundary at Mōkau today.
Mere Wihongi's old enough to remember the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic - which… Read more Video, Audio
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South Island businesses want certainty on reopening
24 Aug 2021Businesses in the lower south say they need certainty about when they'll be able to re-open.
Some say the certainty of a longer lockdown would even be preferable to the false hope of the drip-fed… Read more Audio
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Cancer treatments ongoing under lockdown - Dr Chris Jackson
24 Aug 2021Every year more than 25,000 New Zealanders find out they have cancer, so what happens with diagnosis and treatment during a level 4 lockdown?
And for those people who are part-way through their… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 essential business criteria - the legal details
24 Aug 2021Some businesses are questioning why they cannot do business during the alert level 4 lockdown, when others selling exactly the same stuff have queues of customers down the block.
Supermarkets are… Read more Video, Audio
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Ian Foster reappointed All Blacks coach, team heads to Australia
24 Aug 2021The All Blacks will head to Australia later in the week for the third Bledisloe match and the Rugby Championship.
They were roundly criticised by Rugby Australia and SANZAR for not getting on their… Read more Audio
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Wellington hotel becomes dedicated quarantine facility
24 Aug 2021One of Wellington's MIQ facilities has transformed into a dedicated quarantine hotel for those who've tested positive for the virus.
Last night University of Otago epidemiologist Nick Wilson told… Read more Video, Audio
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About this programme
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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