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Children head back to school with new rules under Omicron
2 Feb 2022The 5-11 year age group has been able to get the Covid-19 vaccine for two and a half weeks - but so far only 37 percent have.
Despite that, schools are back and measures have been put in place to… Read more Video, Audio
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DOC looking at need for more Te Urewera funding
2 Feb 2022Conservation Minister Kiri Allan is promising a forensic examination of the funding available to Tūhoe to maintain Te Urewera and Lake Waikaremoana as one of the Great Walks, after an iwi appeal for… Read more Video, Audio
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State of emergency in Buller, heavy rain may force evacuation
2 Feb 2022A state of emergency has been declared in the Buller District, as heavy rain continues to pummel the region.
Thousands of sandbags have been dispatched to help people protect their homes.
The… Read more Audio
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NZ Super Rugby squads move to Queenstown
2 Feb 2022The New Zealand based Super Rugby squads are moving to Queenstown this weekend in a bid to avoid Covid-19 cancelling any matches.
RNZ Sports Editor Stephen Hewson joins Lisa Owen to discuss the move.
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Evening business for Wednesday 2 February
2 Feb 2022News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Principals, nurses urge border changes for needed workers
2 Feb 2022Government plans to plug critical worker holes created by Covid-19 are falling well short of the mark.
Plans were announced last year to let 300 international teachers into the country, but fewer… Read more Audio
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Ongoing booster shots for healthy unlikely - Dr Nikki Turner
2 Feb 2022Immunisation Advisory Centre director Dr Nikki Turner joins Checkpoint to discuss why booster shots were brought forward from four to three months after a second dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer vaccine.
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Booster roll-out brought forward from three to four months
2 Feb 2022The Covid-19 booster roll-out is being ramped up - with people soon having to wait just three months after their second shot - instead of four.
The new rule kicks in from Friday as the government… Read more Audio
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Income insurance scheme not a job tax - Business NZ boss
2 Feb 2022The business advocacy group that helped design the income insurance scheme is kicking National Party criticism of it to the kerb.
Business New Zealand boss Kirk Hope told Lisa Owen the scheme is… Read more Video, Audio
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New income insurance scheme - safety net or another tax?
2 Feb 2022The jury is out on the government's newly unveiled income insurance scheme that's been developed in conjunction with unlikely bedfellows Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions.
The… Read more Audio
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Cautious welcome as rangatahi in youth justice system numbers down
1 Feb 2022A downward trend in the number of rangatahi in the youth justice system is being cautiously welcomed.
The number of youth offenders has more than halved in the past decade. But with disparities for… Read more Audio
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Farmer explains major shortage of machinery workers
1 Feb 2022The squeeze on MIQ spots has put the squeeze on the agricultural industry desperate for overseas workers to take up roles as skilled machinery operators.
The government announced in December 200 MIQ… Read more Video, Audio
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