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Morning Report for Thursday 1 April 2021
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Tourism businesses hoping for busy Easter Weekend
6:19 AM.Tourism hotspots around the country are preparing for a busy Easter long weekend after a rough 12 months.
Bookabach is reporting that most popular destinations are nearly sold out ahead of the break
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Top Stories for Thursday 1 April 2021
6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... Demand for surgery is so high in Auckland, two hospitals will do operations on weekends just to keep up Couriers launch a class action to be recognised as employees Jacinda… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 1 April 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Minimum wage hits $20 per hour
6:38 AM.The minimum wage and benefit levels are getting a boost as part of a package of changes coming into effect today. Those on the minimum wage get a pay bump to $20 an hour - an increase many employers… Read more Audio
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MIQ vacancies could be used for families of NZ citizens - Prime Minister
6:42 AM.The Prime Minister has indicated that if vacancies in MIQ continue, the government will consider allowing family members of New Zealand citizens into the country.
Hundreds of managed isolation… Read more Audio
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House prices up 16.1 percent in a year
6:47 AM.CoreLogic has crunched the numbers, and house prices continue to climb.
According to their House Price Index - the most complete measure of change in the market - nationwide values increased by a… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 April 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Waitematā DHB to start surgery on weekends to keep up with demand
7:09 AM.The country's biggest District Health Board can't cope with the demand for elective surgery and has decided to do operations on the weekend in a bid to keep up.
Operations are regularly being called… Read more Audio
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Midwives want change from ACC over birth tears
7:13 AM.Midwives are calling on ACC to reconsider a contentious adjustment regarding cover for painful perineal tears during childbirth.
Perineal tears are the most common type of birth injury, but ACC… Read more Audio
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Government will be able to pull off light rail - Ardern
7:17 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the government will be able to deliver light rail, despite the project being given a "fresh start" after several years of work.
The project has gone back to the… Read more Audio
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Union launches action in employment court on courier contracts
7:23 AM.From dawn to dusk, courier drivers provide a vital service to New Zealanders - but they're not always treated like it.
As contractors, most drivers miss out on receiving the minimum wage, redundancy… Read more Audio
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Truck brake linked to fatal crashes causing headache for authorities
7:28 AM.Authorities are struggling with what to do about a second lot of truck brakes involved in serious accidents causing death.
In recent days transport agency Waka Kotahi has effectively issued a ban -… Read more Audio
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Low wage workers call for living wage after minimum wage rise
7:37 AM.The minimum wage will rise to $20 an hour, from $18.90 an hour as of today.
This could mean an extra $44 each week before tax for people working 40 hours a week on the minimum wage.
For those… Read more Audio
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Rally held on Courtenay Place over Wellington CBD safety
7:41 AM.Hundreds of rowdy people turned out in Courtenay Place on Wednesday night, but it wasn't for the usual reasons.
Increasingly, Wellingtonians have been voicing their concerns about the city's… Read more Audio
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Minister announces plan to get light rail back on track
7:47 AM.Plans for light rail in Auckland are back on the table, but only time will tell whether the proposal, which hasn't progressed past the planning phase since 2017, will finally get off the ground.
On… Read more Audio
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White Ferns struggles taking a toll on captain
7:56 AM.The New Zealand women's cricket team's struggles this summer appear to have taken their toll on captain Sophie Devine.
While the Black Caps have romped to a ninth straight series victory at home, the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 1 April 2021
8:06 AM.The White Ferns are sweating on the health of captain Sophie Devine ahead of this afernoon's T20 series decider against Australia at Eden Park. Read more Audio
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse: Christ College apologises to former students
8:10 AM.A private Christchurch boys' school has apologised to former students for the college having been frightening and unsafe.
Christ's College began contacting all its old boys after a former student… Read more Audio
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Waikato DHB paints bleak picture of health inequities
8:17 AM.The Waikato District Health Board has painted a bleak picture of the inequities experienced by Māori and Pasifika in its area.
The DHB says that 60 percent of patients receiving kidney dialysis are… Read more Audio
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Hospitality businesses on minimum wage rise
8:22 AM.Working in hospitality usually means long hours and minimum wage.
But as of today, chefs, cleaners, wait staff and delivery drivers who keep New Zealand's cafes, bars and resturants functioning, will… Read more Audio
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Tim Cadogan wants fresh MIQ spaces used for foreign workers
8:27 AM.A sudden glut of spaces in MIQ facilities have opened this month - and New Zealanders overseas are being advised to snap them up if they want to come home.
Central Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan says some… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 April 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Road police on the hunt for Easter Weekend rule breakers
8:29 AM.The police are warning holiday-makers to slow down, put their phone down, and buckle up this long Easter weekend.
Inspector Pete Jones from the road policing unit spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio
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Siouxsie Wiles named New Zealander of the Year
8:37 AM.Microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles has won New Zealander of the year.
Dr Wiles become the public face of the Covid-19 pandemic - and was all over the airways helping people understand what was happening… Read more Audio
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System for deciding how many teachers for schools too blunt - Principals
8:45 AM.Primary school principals are warning that the system for deciding how many teachers each school gets is blunt and even damaging.
They have been telling a panel convened by the teacher union, the… Read more Audio
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Helicopter passengers taught how to escape underwater and upside down
8:49 AM.Ever wondered how you'd escape from a helicopter which has crash landed in water?
Strapped in, submerged and most likely upside down you don't have much time to think.
A new training module is… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio