Lately for Tuesday 25 August 2020

10:20 Day two of the Chch Mosque gunman sentencing

More harrowing victim impact statements have been read out at the High Court in Christchurch today, as families spoke about the ongoing hurt following the city's terror attack.  Twenty-nine-year-old Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, is being sentenced this week for the attacks at two Christchurch mosques on March the 15th last year, which killed 51 people. RNZ reporter Anarn Zarki, was at today's proceedings.

 

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10:30 Restaurants call for Govt Covid help

A petition's been presented to Parliament calling on the Government to directly help out the hospitality industry.
The Restaurant Association says 12 per cent of hospitality businesses are anticipating closing their businesses for good in the next 30 days.  Their petition asks the government to adopt a scheme similar to one that's in place in the UK called 'Eat Out to Help Out'. The Restaurant Association's chief executive is Marisa Bidois.

 

 

10:45 PONG has potential to track bad smells 

There's a bad smell in the air in Marlborough, and the local council is determined to sniff it out. Marlborough District Council solid waste manager Alec McNeil has come up with a plot called 'Prevailing Odour Not Good' - or PONG, which is currently before the council for consideration. The scheme would allow people to be able to report strong odours so they can be mapped and traced.