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Morning Report for Thursday 16 April 2020
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Top Stories for Thursday 16 April 2020
6:00 AM.Top stories this morning As the number of coronovirus cases continue to fall we look at what life will be like under Level Three and below. The decision will be made by cabinet on Monday but public… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Pacific battle against Covid-19 a mixed bag
6:16 AM.The move by Pacific island countries to seal themselves off from the outside world is being heralded as largely successful, with some countries now easing their internal lockdowns.
But in the… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: West Coast businesses want to open early
6:19 AM.Businesses on the South Island's West Coast are agitating for permission to reopen early, because their region has had only five cases of Covid-19.
The Government will say today what Alert Level 2… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 16 April 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 16 April 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Government advisor says contact tracing data weak
6:40 AM.A top pandemic advisor to the Government says the data around contact tracing is still weak, just five days before the Government will decide whether to ease the lockdown.
Physics professor Shaun… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Burwood Hospital staff given access to N-95 masks, visors
6:43 AM.Medical staff at Burwood Hospital have only just been given access to the highest level of face masks and visors - despite caring for the most Covid-19 cases of any hospital.
Six people from the… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Call for benefit relationship rules to be scrapped
6:46 AM.The Council of Trade Unions says with more unemployment looming, Work and Income rules on benefits for people in relationships need to be scrapped.
Job seeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending… Read more Audio
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Business News for 16 April 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Coronavirus: Economist expects Alert Level 2 within weeks
7:09 AM.An economist who first warned the government of the potential severity of the coronavirus crisis in mid-February says the country could be at Alert Level 2 within weeks.
Rodney Jones of Wigram… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Businesses make safety plans for after lockdown
7:14 AM.Many business owners say they have plans in place to safely operate once lockdown lifts.
They'll need to show they can operate safely with workers given plenty of space and good systems for… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Government experts missing important data
7:17 AM.Two top pandemic advisers to the Government say they have not seen crucial Covid-19 data, and some other data is weak, with five days to go till a decision on lockdown.
Epidemiologist Michael Baker… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: WHO responds to US decision to pull funding
7:20 AM.The head of the World Health Organization says he regrets President Trump's decision to pull funding for the organisation, but called on world unity to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.
The… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Burwood Hospital workers only now given N-95 masks, visors
7:22 AM.Health workers on the front line of the deadliest cluster of Covid-19 cases have only just been given access to the most protective type of face masks.
Six patients from the Rosewood Rest Home have… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: A different economy to emerge from recovery
7:25 AM.Finance Minister Grant Robertson has sent a clear signal the economy will look different once New Zealand emerges from the Covid-19 recession.
He told a business gathering yesterday the Government's… Read more Audio
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Owhiro Bay residents battered by 'freakish' swells during lockdown
7:36 AM.A Wellington woman was swept into the sea and her husband was crushed against their house by his Landrover after huge waves battered the south coast yesterday.
Residents had to evacuate the area… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Donald Trump's call to stop funding WHO derided
7:43 AM.United States President Donald Trump's approval rating in the United States may not have fallen a lot within the country, but his stocks are certainly decling around the world.
Trump's decision to… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Media organisations' plea for help
7:55 AM.Major media organisations are urging the Government to spend their advertising money locally rather than on global giants Google and Facebook.
They told Parliament's Epidemic Response Committee… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: West Coast keen to open up ahead of other regions
8:09 AM.Businesses on the West Coast of the South Island say with only a handful of Covid-19 cases, they should be the first to be allowed to open their doors.
The government will set out today what Alert… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Key government adviser still waiting on crucial data
8:14 AM.One of the Government's key pandemic advisors say he is still in the dark over whether this country has good enough border control, testing and tracing systems to keep the coronavirus at bay.
Cabinet… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Countdown opens customer-free supermarket
8:19 AM.Countdown has opened a supermarket with a difference, to help deal with the increased demand they're dealing with.
The store is in the Auckland suburb of Penrose and will be like a normal supermarket… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Prisoners could be denied bail due to risk
8:24 AM.A government memo leaked to RNZ suggests prisoners could be kept locked up past their release date if deemed a Covid-19 risk.
The Solicitor General has written to Crown solicitors and public… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 16 April 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Coronavirus: Nurses alarmed by PPE reuse plan
8:35 AM.Nurses at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland say they're alarmed by a Counties Manukau DHB plan to reuse personal protective equipment.
RNZ has been shown correspondence telling staff to collect old… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Protest camp removed from Ōwairaka/Mt Albert
8:38 AM.A protest camp at Ōwairaka/Mount Albert has been removed because they have been breaching the level 4 lockdown rules.
Protesters have been occupying the site since November over the planned felling… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: How the first day of school went
8:41 AM.Around 800,000 students are back at school again and yesterday we heard from a Napier teacher about how much she was looking forward to getting back to work.
So we thought we'd check in again this… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Taskforce considering 'shovel-ready' projects
8:46 AM.A top-level taskforce is now working on a priority list of shovel-ready projects for when the government relaxes lockdown measures.
Submissions to the infrastructure industry reference group closed… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Mercy flight out of India too expensive for some
8:50 AM.One New Zealander in India is considering turning down the offer of a government charter flight to get his family home because it would put him in too much debt.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters… Read more Audio
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Tamihere and Ngarewa-Packer new Māori Party leaders
8:55 AM.Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere and iwi leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are the new co-leaders of the Māori Party.
The party has been rebuilding after losing its two MPs at the 2017… Read more Audio