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Morning Report for Friday 1 May 2020
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Top Stories for Friday 1 May 2020
6:00 AM.Coronavirus: Tourism industry wants travel allowed at Level 2; Coronavirus: Fast food workers feeling unsafe on the job; Coronavirus: Countdown installs temperature scanners for staff; Coronavirus… Read more Audio
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Man credits hui with breaking 40 year abuse cycle
6:16 AM.Family harm is on the rise as women find it harder to escape their abusers during Covid-19 restrictions.
For 40 years, Mike Baker carried the pain of being sexually and physically abused as a child… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Wellington City Council squabbles revealed
6:19 AM.Wellington councillors are being urged to stop their squabbling and come together to assist with the region's economic recovery.
Fighting between Wellington City councillors has been revealed by a… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 1 May 2020
6:25 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Tourism sector wants domestic travel rules changed
6:37 AM.The tourism industry is warning thousands more jobs are at risk if there's no change to travel rules under Alert Level 2.
The country could be at Level 2 in less than a fortnight but under the… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: UK has passed peak, Boris Johnson announces
6:42 AM.The British Prime Minister says the United Kingdom has passed the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UK has recorded the third highest death rate from the coronavirus in the world with over 26,000… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Should NZ's bubble include the pacific?
6:47 AM.The government is being urged to include the Pacific Islands in any proposed trans-Tasman bubble.
The leaders of both New Zealand and Australia have talked up the possibility of axing border… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 May 2020
6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Tourism industry wants travel allowed at Level 2
7:09 AM.The tourism industry is warning that if travel rules under Alert Level 2 aren't changed, thousands more jobs will be lost.
People are still advised to avoid non-essential inter-regional travel under… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Winston Peters on trans-Tasman bubble
7:13 AM.To get the trans-Tasman economies restarted, both the Australian and New Zealand Prime Ministers have said they will consider reopening the borders to form a two country bubble.
Deputy Prime… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Fast food workers feeling unsafe on the job
7:25 AM.Vulnerable fast food workers are speaking up about feeling unsafe but are afraid to challenge breaches of Covid-19 rules at their restaurants.
The Government says it hopes workers will speak up, but… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Countdown installs temperature scanners for staff
7:30 AM.Countdown has installed temperature scanners at all of its national distribution centres as part of its Covid-19 response.
Those working in processing and distribution could be sent home - and stand… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Some prisoners confined to cells for up to 29 hours, diary shows
7:37 AM.Women at an Auckland prison have been routinely confined to their cells for periods of up to 29 hours at a stretch - well outside a law which says they should get at least one hour out of their cells… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Contact tracing committee to advise minister
7:42 AM.A Contact Tracing Assurance Committee has been set-up to strengthen oversight on what the Health Minister David Clark is describing as a crucial part of the Covid-19 response.
Strategies to ease… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Patients could be deleting doctors' texts
7:49 AM.GPs are worried that patients are mistakenly deleting text messages about upcoming appointments. Many health services use texts to remind people about scheduled procedures.
But some patients are… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Loan shark bill accelerated through Parliament
7:54 AM.A long held plan to change rules around high-interest loans was accelerated through Parliament yesterday, forming part of a Covid-19 Response bill that becomes law once it is granted Royal Assent.
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Coronavirus: Scientists using DNA to map virus spread
8:09 AM.Genetic scientists mapping the spread of Covid-19 say that they have so far found 35 cases that may have led to the outbreak here.
ESR has been analysing virus samples to try to build a comprehensive… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: What will post-pandemic economy be?
8:12 AM.Imagining what the New Zealand economy might look like when it staggers out of lockdown is difficult when detailed information on its effects is still being developed.
ANZ's survey of business… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Whakatāne businesses struggle with disasters
8:23 AM.Tourism operators in Whakatāne already struggling in the wake of the deadly Whakaari eruption say the Covid-19 pandemic has forced them to lay-off staff and consider closing down.
Despite receiving… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Domestic violence reports spike in lockdown
8:27 AM.At the beginning of lockdown, family harm reports spiked as women found it harder to escape their abusers.
Police figures comparing the week before the lockdown to the first full week of restricted… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 May 2020
8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Aviation Security staff redeployed during outbreak
8:36 AM.With the lockdown in place and few flights running, aviation security officers have been redeployed to help the police patrol supermarkets and do quarantine and isolation checks.
Officers from… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Workout programme for seniors to air on TV
8:40 AM.Life in lockdown has led many Kiwi to take to the internet for inspiration about keeping active while stuck at home.
Older New Zealanders, however, are less likely to access these resources, and in… Read more Audio
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Dysentry, dengue fever strike Vanuatu after Cyclone Harold
8:43 AM.Outbreaks of dysentry, dengue fever and malaria have been reported in parts of Vanuatu devastated by Cyclone Harold.
The cases are in the country's north, where entire villages were flattened by… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Community sports suffer in pandemic
8:50 AM.As New Zealand's elite sports teams and athletes grapple with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, concern is also surfacing at the community level of the sports sector.
A significant financial hit… Read more Audio
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SPCA offers contactless adoptions under Alert Level 3
8:55 AM.Hundreds of unwanted pets are getting the chance to find new homes under level 3 lockdown, with the SPCA now offering "contactless adoptions".
The SPCA currently has 2,411 animals in foster homes… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio