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Morning Report for Monday 28 June 2021
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Top Stories for Monday 28 June 2021
6:00 AM.Tourism and hospitality operators are pleading for Government help after the border with Australia closes. Five states across the Tasman have now recorded Covid cases with concerns those numbers will… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Tourism operators crying out for help
6:09 AM.Tourism and hospitality operators are crying out for help as the full trans-Tasman bubble closure dashes hopes of a winter bonanza.
Quarantine-free travel has been halted until at least midnight on… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Darwin restrictions unprecendented, Kiwi says
6:11 AM.Australia's learning how hard it is to put the genie back in the bottle, as New South Wales' delta Covid variant marches beyond that state's borders.
Five states now have active community cases with… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: UK health secretary quits over breaking social distancing
6:18 AM.The fallout continues following the resignation of Britain's health secretary, Matt Hancock, who breached his government's own social distancing guidelines by kissing an advisor he'd hired.
Pictures… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 28 June 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington business owner wants government help
6:38 AM.A Wellington business owner wants the government to offer more help for Covid-19 affected businesses after her restaurant became a location of interest and was forced to close.
Highwater Eatery was… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Bubble pause loses NZ ski half its bookings
6:41 AM.Southerners are waking to a chilly start today, as a polar blast hits the country.
That's brought a fresh layer of snow for the mountains.
But, that cold white stuff won't replace the cold hard cash… Read more Audio
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Plastics NZ surprised government not harsher on PVC packaging
6:52 AM.Plastics NZ says it's surprised the government hasn't been harsher on PVC packaging, in its plan to rid the country of hard-to-recycle plastics.
But it says it's relieved the government has listened… Read more Audio
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Business News for 28 June 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Tourism operators crying out for help after bubble pause
7:10 AM.Tourism and hospitality operators are crying out for help as the full trans-Tasman bubble closure dashes hopes of a winter bonanza.
Quarantine-free travel has been halted until at least midnight on… Read more Audio
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No support coming for tourism businesses hit by bubble pause - Ardern
7:15 AM.Tourism businesses, suffering due to the pause in the Australia travel bubble, will not be eligible for any government assistance.
The Australian school holidays start today and are traditionally one… Read more Audio
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Lecturers suspicious CCP spies infiltrated universities
7:22 AM.Three lecturers in Chinese politics and history suspect courses at New Zealand universities are being infiltrated by spies gathering intelligence for the Chinese Communist Party.
Lecturers from… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: New Zealanders in Darwin describe panic before lockdown
7:30 AM.New Zealanders in Darwin describe the city as panicked after being thrown into a lockdown with just hours' notice - having previously barely been disrupted by Covid-19.
Australia is grappling with… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington testing still a top priority - expert
7:30 AM.A Covid-19 modeller says testing for the virus in Wellington remains a top priority.
An Australian tourist has been confirmed as infectious while he visited the city last weekend, prompting the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington businesses grateful for financial help
7:37 AM.Wellington businesses say they feel hobbled under Covid-19 restrictions, but are grateful for the resurgence payment.
The region has been in a raised alert level since last week after a man from… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington starts working week at level 2
7:41 AM.Alert level 2 restrictions remain in Wellington today and health authorities are urging anyone with cold or flu symptoms to get a test.
Reporter Harry Lock is out and about.
He spoke to Corin Dann.
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Criticism from both sides for government plastic plan
7:47 AM.Anti plastic campaigners and plastic producers are both critical of the four-year plan to phase out the harmful packaging.
The government's released details of its three-stage plan to delete… Read more Audio
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Miami building collapse rises as teams pick through rubble
7:49 AM.The death toll has risen to nine and more than 150 people are still missing as rescue teams continue to pick through the rubble of the Florida apartment building which collapsed three days ago.
Slim… Read more Audio
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Samoa election: Political stalemate could be solved this week
7:53 AM.The political stalemate in Samoa may finally be resolved this week with a Court of Appeal ruling on Friday clearing the way for parliament to convene.
A Supreme Court hearing today will also… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Te Papa to re-open on Tuesday after virus scare
7:57 AM.Wellington's Te Papa museum will re-open to the public tomorrow.
It was closed last week after becoming a location of interest in the most recent Covid-19 scare.
The virus-positive Australian… Read more Audio
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New Plymouth theatre putting on amateur Full Monty
7:57 AM.In a case of art imitating real life - or perhaps vice versa - an engineer, an electrician and a pipeline designer are part of a troupe about to tread the boards in a New Plymouth based amateur… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 June 2021
8:06 AM.The Czech Republic took advantage of a red card to the Netherlands to upset the Dutch 2-nil and advance to a quarter-final showdown with Denmark at the European Football Championship. Audio
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Covid-19 restrictions leave cash unspent, Queenstown quiet
8:11 AM.Some businesses' tills are feeling a little un-loved at the moment, with Covid-19 restrictions back in force.
The Capital, Te Whanganui a Tara, will remain at alert level 2 until at least the end of… Read more Audio
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Supermarket chain supports plastic ban plan
8:19 AM.A key supermarket chain is onboard with new rules banning many types of disposable plastics but there is a problem.
Countdown's general manager of sustainability Kiri Hannifin says while the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Wellington not out of the woods yet - Wiles
8:27 AM.Wellingtonians may have breathed a premature sigh of relief there have been no community Covid-19 cases since the positive Australian tourist visited the city last weekend.
Auckland University… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 28 June 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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PM hopes for meaningful debate over hate speech laws
8:33 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she hopes opposition parties will engage in a meaningful debate over proposed changes to the country's hate speech laws.
The Government wants to introduce harsher… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Australia grapples virus outbreak across several states
8:39 AM.Australian states are closing down to one another, and two are in lockdown, as the highly infectious delta variant spreads 'like wildfire'.
On Friday night, a worker at a Central Australian gold mine… Read more Audio
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NZ cricketers back in MIQ after championship win
8:45 AM.The bulk of New Zealand's cricketers are back home in MIQ in south Auckland after winning the world test championship last week.
They have another 12 days in isolation with the trophy, which they… Read more Audio
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Bore trouble forces south Wairarapa residents to limit water use
8:50 AM.Residents of south Wairarapa are being asked to limit their water use after heavy rain over the weekend resulted in a high level of cloudy water in the bores supplying Greytown and Featherston.
It is… Read more Audio
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Singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon becomes Whanganui underground elevator operator
8:52 AM.Singer-songwriter Anthonie Tonnon is the newest operator of New Zealand's only public underground elevator - Whanganui's Durie Hill Elevator.
The 102-year-old lift descends more than 60 metres into… Read more Audio