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Morning Report for Thursday 13 August 2020
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Covid-19: No queues to get tested in Wellsford
8:57 AM.Queues have been forming at Auckland Covid-19 testing centres, but it's a different story at one just south of the city's northern boundary.
Jordan Bond is at the Wellsford testing centre.
He speaks… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Line forms at St Lukes testing centre
8:55 AM.A large queue has formed at the St Lukes Covid-19 testing centre.
RNZ reporter Chen Liu is there.
She speaks to Kim Hill. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Outbreak caused by cold goods unlikely - expert
8:50 AM.One of the countries top infectious disease specialists says it's highly unlikely the Covid-19 outbreak in Auckland originated from imported goods.
The Ministry of Health is testing surfaces at… Read more Audio
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Government didn't increase police officer numbers by 1800
8:47 AM.The government has failed to meet its target of increasing the total number of police by 1800 officers in three years.
Official figures show there are 1280 more officers than this time three years… Read more Audio
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Collins hits back at Robertson after he called opposition claims 'nonsense'
8:31 AM.National Party Leader, Judith Collins, is calling for the election to be postponed as far back as until 2021.
She's also demanding more transparency from the government, claiming she should have been… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 13 August 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland opens more pop-up testing centres
8:26 AM.Auckland has opened more pop-up sites, bringing the total number of community testing centres to fifteeen, as the demand for testing soars. T
here are four permanent sites in Northcote, Eden Terrace… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: 250k children home from school in Auckland
8:23 AM.The move to Alert Level 3 has emptied schools across Auckland and 250,000 children are now learning from home instead of in the classroom.
It's a prospect that teachers and parents are resigned to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Level changes upset funeral plans
8:18 AM.Funeral directors in Auckland say they don't know what to tell whanau who are expecting a loved one to die or have a planned funeral or tangihanga service over the weekend.
Under Alert Level 3 only… Read more Audio
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Civud-19: Rest homes in lockdown
8:12 AM.The latest on what rest homes across the country are doing to keep the virus out.
They are in a three-day lockdown until midnight on Friday, when the situation will be reassesed.
No visitors are… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 Auckland lockdown: EMA gets 650 calls from anxious business owners
7:54 AM.The Employers and Manufacturers Association fielded over 650 calls from anxious Auckland business owners on one day of Alert Level 3.
They are fearful any extension to restrictions could devastate… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Skyline Rotorua staff worried
7:51 AM.The chief executive of Rotorua's Skyline Enterprises says staff are worried they may have come in contact with Covid-19.
The Ministry of Health has confirmed that a woman who tested positive for the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Pacific community urged to prepare for wider outbreak
7:48 AM.Pacific communities in South Auckland are being urged to prepare for a wider outbreak of the coronavirus. Four pop-up testing clinics are now operating in the region.
A south Auckland doctor says… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Lines forming again at testing centres
7:46 AM.Testing centres are starting to open in Auckland, after people spent hours waiting to get a test on Wednesday.
Reporter Liu Chen is at the Eden Terrace testing centre near central Auckland.
She… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Police Commissioner 'comfortable' with how checkpoints are running
7:43 AM.Checkpoints are up and running north and south of Auckland this morning. Police are stopping every vehicle and speaking with every driver trying to leave the city.
Anyone wanting to visit family or… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Nine police checkpoints at Auckland boundaries
7:40 AM.There are nine police checkpoints at Auckland's boundaries to prevent residents from leaving - and outsiders coming in. Reporter Jordan Bond is at one of Auckland's border controls. Audio
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Chch mosque shootings: More than 50 come to NZ for sentencing
7:37 AM.More than 50 people are in managed isolation at New Zealand's border facilities so they can attend the sentencing of the Christchurch gunman.
Thirty-four of them are victims.
Among the others… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Mt Albert Grammar student tested positive, Bloomfield confirms
7:22 AM.Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed a Mount Albert Grammar School student has tested positive for Covid-19.
Mt Albert Grammar is the country's second largest school with about… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Concerns virus could have been spreading for weeks
7:17 AM.Covid-19 could been have spreading in Auckland for weeks, with dozens of people already infected.
Infectious disease experts say it's likely the four cases confirmed in a family on Tuesday are a few… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Grant Robertson on Covid-19 political response
7:09 AM.Covid-19 could have been spreading in Auckland for weeks before the latest community outbreak was discovered.
How a man contracted the virus, before passing it onto family members, remains a mystery… Read more Audio
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Business News for 13 August 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: How do masks work?
6:50 AM.Face masks are suddenly a very real part of life for New Zealanders, who haven't donned them en masse since the pandemic began.
But the official guidance now says we should be using them in certain… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington cafes and restaurant find Level 2 familiar but unwelcome
6:46 AM.Restaurants and cafes in Wellington struggling to get back on their feet after the first lockdown say the return to Alert Level 2 is familiar but unwelcome.
This time all businesses are required to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Rotorua tourism businesses feel virus impact
6:44 AM.Tourism businesses in Rotorua are already feeling the impact of the latest Covid-19 scare with a lot of people cancelling trips this weekend.
An extra testing clinic has opened in Rotorua after it… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Modeller thinks virus could have lurked for some time
6:38 AM.Covid-19 could have been spreading in Auckland for weeks before the latest community outbreak was discovered. How four family members got the disease remains a mystery.
They have no known connection… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 13 August 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: UK economy plunged into worst recession on record
6:19 AM.The United Kingdom has plunged into its worst recession on record.
The British economy shrank 20.4 percent in the second quarter of 2020.
By way of comparison: In its worst month during the 2008… Read more Audio
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US Election: Main players in place after Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris for running mate
6:15 AM.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is due to make his first public appearance with his newly-minted running mate - Kamala Harris - in Delaware today.
Harris would be the first female Vice… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland schools return to distance learning
6:13 AM.The move to Level 3 has emptied Auckland schools, forcing teachers and children to return to online and distance learning.
Karen McMurray from Randwick Park School spoke to our education… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Ngāti Whātua representatives help at checkpoints
6:12 AM.There are nine police checkpoints at Auckland's boundaries to prevent residents from leaving - and outsiders coming in.
Members of Auckland iwi Ngāti Whātua are assisting police run the northern… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: NZ got too relaxed at Level 1 - expert
6:08 AM.A public health professor says the latest Covid-19 oubreak is a wake up call for New Zealand after the country relaxed a little too far into Alert Level 1.
The co leader of Te Ropu Whakakaupapa… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 13 August 2020
6:00 AM.Scientists say Covid 19 could have been spreading in Auckland for weeks, we'll speak to the director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield National demands more say in Covid decision-making, Grant… Read more Audio