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Morning Report for Wednesday 8 April 2020
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Top Stories for Wednesday 8 April 2020
6:00 AM.Coronavirus: Marist cluster members initally refused tests; Coronavirus: Nurses union wants more PPE; Coronavirus: Holidaymakers sneaking out in darkness; Coronavirus: Simon Bridges defends commute… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: New York has more cases than Italy
6:07 AM.New York State now has more cases of Coronovirus than Italy and is only second in the world to Spain.
The US state has more than 138,000 reported cases Today was also New York state's deadliest day… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil facing more cases
6:14 AM.Brazil has reported more than 12,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 566 deaths.
President Jair Bolsonaro has previously compared the coronavirus to a "a little flu" and advocated reopening schools… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Front-line police officer on enforcing lockdown
6:22 AM.The police are on the front line in enforcing the four-week, level four lockdown.
Constable Jess Young is one of those who is enforcing the strict lockdown laws on the streets of the Hutt Valley, and… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 8 April 2020
6:24 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Marist College parent spent nine days trying to get tested
6:40 AM.An Auckland woman has spoken out about the nine days it took for her to get a Covid-19 test despite being sick and having a daughter who goes to Marist College - the centre of the country's biggest… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Former health union leader backs David Clark's demotion
6:44 AM.The Health Minister's failure to observe the lockdown rules has been described by a former health union leader as an honest mistake but one that warranted punishment.
Despite the national Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Corrections not trying to punish prisoners with Covid-19 restrictions - Kelvin Davis
6:46 AM.A justice reform group says New Zealand's treatment of prisoners during the Covid-19 outbreak means that under international definitions, they are now in solitary confinement.
Four families have told… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Social media misinformation putting Pacific communities at risk - government
6:49 AM.Government advisors say social media misinformation about Covid-19 is putting Pacific communities in New Zealand at particular risk.
On Tuesday, the government announced a $17 million package toward… Read more Audio
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Business News for 8 April 2020
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Marist cluster members initally refused tests
7:09 AM.An Auckland woman who caught Covid-19 from her daughter, has infected her boss, who then infected her husband - and all of them spent days trying to get tested but were either put off or refused.
The… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: PPE availability about rationing, not safety - Nurses Organisation
7:15 AM.The head of the nurses union says new Ministry of Health guidelines on the use of protective gear are more concerned with rationing than with keeping workers safe.
The Ministry has issued new advice… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Holidaymakers sneaking into beach towns under cover of darkness
7:20 AM.A Whangamata man says out-of-towners have been using the cover of darkness during lockdown to sneak into the beachside resort for the Easter break.
Police are promising to be out in force this… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Simon Bridges defends commute
7:23 AM.Simon Bridges says there's no comparison between his weekly commute between Wellington and Tauranga, and the Health Minister's breach of lockdown rules.
David Clark has been demoted, and stripped of… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Police planning to stop would-be holidaymakers
7:34 AM.Police are promising to be out in force this weekend to stop would-be holidaymakers popping other people's bubbles.
Permanent residents of holiday hotspots around the country are pleading with bach… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: New York has more cases than Italy
7:47 AM.New York State now has more cases of Coronovirus than Italy and is only second in the world to Spain.
The US state has more than 138,000 reported cases Today was also New York state's deadliest day… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Harold headed to Fiji
7:49 AM.Vanuatu has been hit by one of the strongest recorded storms to ever make landfall on the tiny Pacific nation, forcing the government to suspend coronavirus social distancing measures for evacuees.
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Prisoners kept in solitary during outbreak - prison reform group
7:53 AM.New Zealand's treatment of prisoners during the Covid-19 outbreak meets the international definition of solitary confinement, according to a justice reform group.
Four families have now come forward… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: What lockdown ending could look like
8:10 AM.Covid-19 researchers are optimistic the level four restrictions could be lifted in at least some regions in a few weeks - but warn that New Zealanders should brace themselves to do things differently… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Dr Siouxsie Wiles on lockdown progress
8:15 AM.New Zealand is half way through its four-week lockdown period and there are some signs it's beginning to work, as the number of new cases dropped yesterday.
But there are warnings not to get… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Clock running out on David Clark's career
8:21 AM.The clock is running out on the Health Minister's political career - after a humiliating and obvious error in the face of a global pandemic.
David Clark has been given a public drubbing, stripped of… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Isolation Street two weeks in
8:26 AM.We're now 14 days into the nationwide lockdown - a time when a trip to the supermarket is the biggest event of the week and the daily briefing with Dr Ashley Bloomfield and co is a central part of… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Iwi fear alcohol sales will spike family harm
8:29 AM.Whanganui iwi are calling for a ban on the online sale of alcohol during lockdown out of fears it will cause a spike in family violence.
More liquor stores will begin to sell and deliver alcohol… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 8 April 2020
8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Businesses fear closure as revenue dries up
8:40 AM.Hundreds of businesses fear they will have to permanently close their doors as revenue dries up and ongoing bills take their toll.
The hospitality sector is bracing for a big hit, with one in five… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Councils maintain services with limited resources
8:43 AM.Local authorities are facing their own pressures under lockdown, making sure everything behind the scenes keeps ticking.
Councils are having to maintain services with a limited number of people in… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Traveller says NZ border controls lax
8:47 AM.The Prime Minister is promising stricter border controls after an epidemiologist warned that without urgent tightening of them, lockdown should not be lifted.
Jacinda Ardern says there is no evidence… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: NZ embraces the sound of silence
8:52 AM.Can't remember the last time you let your hair down and threw that Bruce Springsteen album on the stereo or pulled out the latest grime release and gave the neighbours a lesson in contemporary dance… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: How the usually lonesome are handling lockdown
8:57 AM.We've been checking in each day with people around the country to see what they're up to during the lockdown period.
Today we're talking to someone who's used to being by himself in confined spaces… Read more Audio