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Tuesday, 17 August 2021
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Evening business for 17 August 2021
17 Aug 2021News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6268274333001 Video, Audio
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Covid-19 vaccines for staff at Warehouse Group workplaces
17 Aug 2021The Warehouse Group is among several organisations who have been handing out the Covid vaccine at work.
They're part of a group trialing the at-work pilot - meaning their workers don't have to go far… Read more Video, Audio
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First home buyers fear deposits getting further out of reach
17 Aug 2021Those in the market for their first home will need to stump up tens of thousands of extra dollars when lending is tightened to those with low deposits.
The Reserve Bank is halving the amount of… Read more Audio
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Ombudsman swamped with MIQ booking complaints
17 Aug 2021The Chief Ombudsman has been swamped with complaints about Managed Isolation and Quarantine.
Judge Peter Boshier's office has received more than 700 MIQ and border-related complaints since 1 July… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Busy roads, busy supermarkets as lockdown looms
17 Aug 2021It is Tuesday afternoon and people are already flocking to supermarkets to stock up.
There have been queues forming outside several of them. Nick Truebridge is outside a Mt Eden supermarket.
And in… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 community case in Auckland: Govt making plan
17 Aug 2021Covid-19 is back in the community. What happens now?
Health officials have confirmed a positive case of the virus early this afternoon.
It's in Auckland but so far there is no link between the… Read more Video, Audio
Monday, 16 August 2021
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Teen rows 1000km, raises more than $20k for breast cancer
A teenager has completed a mammoth feat - rowing 1000km around the top of New Zealand.
Nineteen-year-old Ben Mason's spent three weeks at sea raising more than $20,000 for the Breast Cancer… Read more Video, Audio
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New Covid-19 lockdowns, others extended in Australia
16 Aug 2021Australia is experiencing one of its darkest days of the pandemic, with new lockdowns, and others extended, as the Delta variant spreads across the country.
Nowhere is the virus more rampant than in… Read more Audio
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Afghan man who helped NZDF fears for life, waits on evacuation
An Afghan volunteer interpreter says helping the NZDF will cost him his life if our government does not get him out now.
Nowroz Ali, who worked alongside Kiwi forces in Bamyan province, fears the… Read more Video, Audio
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Queenstown confused by neon-green water in local stream
16 Aug 2021Queenstown's council has been left scratching its head over how its lake has been stained neon green.
The neon green water has flowed down a creek through town, snaking its way through central… Read more Video, Audio
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Mums urged to breastfeed, vaccinate for Covid-19 protection
16 Aug 2021Pregnant women are being encouraged to get vaccinated against Covid-19, amid warnings they are more at risk of getting seriously sick.
Mums-to-be are part of group three, so are already eligible to… Read more Audio
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Afghans in NZ fear for family, friends in Afghanistan
The chaos unfolding in Afghanistan presents a sombre chance for reflection on New Zealand's involvement there in the past 20 years.
Two former Ministers of Defence have told RNZ Afghanistan is very… 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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