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Tuesday, 9 June 2020
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Te Awamutu reacts to news of more big store closures
9 Jun 2020First it was Bunnings, now it's Warehouse Stationery closing its doors in Te Awamutu.
Monday's news came as a bolt from the blue for the community with 200 new homes set to be built in the area and… Read more Video, Audio
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Should The Warehouse have taken wage subsidy before restructure?
9 Jun 2020Questions are being raised around whether The Warehouse Group acted in good faith by taking millions of dollars in Government wage subsidies before announcing at least 1000 jobs could go.
The… Read more Audio
Monday, 8 June 2020
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Students claim teacher tore down Black Lives Matter posters
8 Jun 2020A group of students at an elite Christchurch private school say a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement.
The students at St Andrew's… Read more Audio
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Dunedin drops low speed limits as level 1 rules announced
8 Jun 2020Dunedin City Council today decided to dump unpopular level 2 rules - but only after the government's level 1 announcement rendered them out of date.
The speed limit of the city's main street was… Read more Audio
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Warehouse boss denies poor communication over job cuts
8 Jun 2020The Warehouse is shedding around 1,000 jobs in a restructure it says has been accelerated by Covid-19.
The group that also owns Noel Leeming is looking to shut down an additional six stores including… Read more Video, Audio
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Warehouse, Noel Leeming staff in tears at closure news
8 Jun 2020Staff from Noel Leeming - owned by The Warehouse Group - were looking very glum at the Henderson Clearance Centre today following the announcement of store closures and job losses.
It is one of the… Read more Audio
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NZ free of Covid-19, level 1 begins - what you need to know
8 Jun 2020New Zealand will move to levle 1 at midnight Tuesday morning and in a happy coincidence, on the first day since the outbreak there are no cases of Covid-19.
Usually there's 48 hours notice for a move… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 payments expose need for welfare reforms - advocates
8 Jun 2020Welfare advocates say the new unemployment benefit for people out of work because of Covid-19 highlights the need for sweeping changes to the current system.
From Monday, people can apply for the new… Read more Audio
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Report reveals shocking social workers' treatment of Māori mums
8 Jun 2020Former Māori Party leader Dame Tariana Turia is renewing her call for Oranga Tamariki's chief executive Grainne Moss and the Minister for Children Tracey Martin to resign.
It comes as pressure mounts… Read more Audio
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SIS Minister won't deny signing off on embassy break-ins
8 Jun 2020The minister in charge of New Zealand's spy agencies, Andrew Little, is refusing to deny he has signed off on embassy break-ins.
On Sunday he declined an interview on this issue but on Monday… Read more Audio
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Helen Clark keeps 'mum' on whether NZ spies broke into embassies under her watch
8 Jun 2020Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has not confirmed or denied having signed off on embassy break-ins while she was in power between 1999 and 2008.
In an interview for The Service, a new RNZ podcast… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 8 June
8 Jun 2020News from the business sector, including a market report. 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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