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Morning Report for Monday 23 August 2021
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Top Stories for Monday 23 August 2021
6:00 AM.New Zealand now has 72 community cases of COVID-19 and the number of close contacts is closing in on 10-thousand, Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Concerns about outbreak at church
6:08 AM.There's growing concern about a cluster of Covid-19 cases linked to an Auckland church in Mangere. The Health Ministry's urging members of a Samoan church to isolate and be tested after multiple… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Parents under pressure under lockdown
6:12 AM.Parents are under pressure this week with about 800,000 children home from school and a further 200,000 shut out of early learning.
Harriet Dyer has three children.
She told education correspondent… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Te Paati Māori worried about mandatory record keeping
6:14 AM.Te Paati Māori is worried about data privacy and low trust among communities, following the Government decision to mandate record keeping of the public's movements.
Cabinet has decided to make it… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 23 August 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 23 August 2021
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Cabinet set to consider alert level change
6:38 AM.Cabinet will this afternoon meet to decide on whether any part of the country will come out of level 4 lockdown this week.
The alert level expires at midnight tomorrow night but Aucklanders have… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: First drive through vaccination centre opens
6:42 AM.More than 1500 people were vaccinated on Sunday - the first day of New Zealand's largest drive-through vaccination centre in south Auckland.
The drive-through is initially set to last for seven days… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Businesses coming to terms with record keeping
6:46 AM.Confusion reigns for businesses trying to get to grips with mandatory scanning and record-keeping for "busy places and large gatherings".
Among the list provided by the Health Ministry are obvious… Read more Audio
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Business News for 23 August 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Covid-19: Urgent recruitment hunt on for contact tracers
7:10 AM.Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system hits capacity just five days into the outbreak.
The tracers are vital to the Covid response because they get… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Call out for more contact tracers - Verrall
7:14 AM.Auckland health authorities are urgently recruiting more contact tracers as the system hits capacity just five days into the outbreak.
The tracers are vital to the Covid-19 response because they get… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Modeller on containing outbreak in Auckland
7:20 AM.New Zealand now has 72 cases of Covid-19 in the community, most of them in Auckland.
Experts do not anticipate the city will be moving out of level four this week as more locations are released, and… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Privacy Commissioner worried about risks of mandatory record keeping
7:25 AM.The Privacy Commissioner fears a public backlash from making people scan in or keep a record of where they go may outweigh any benefits.
The Government says making record keeping mandatory at all… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Police find men breaking rules by jet boating
7:34 AM.For some, it seems, the idea of lockdowns, bubbles and staying local is hard to absorb.
Take the seven men from six separate bubbles who were found jet boating on the Makarora River in Otago on… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: 20 incidents of abuse per day at Countdown supermarkets - spokesperson
7:38 AM.It's all hands to the pump at our supermarkets, and while the workers there have been widely praised, their efforts haven't been appreciated by some.
One man was arrested for spitting at a Countdown… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Parents, children bracing for more lockdown learning
7:46 AM.Parents, children and teachers are steeling themselves for more lockdown learning this week.
At the moment level four restrictions will run until at least Tuesday night, but people RNZ have spoke… Read more Audio
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Kiwi Paul Coll wins British Squash Open
7:49 AM.The Greymouth squash player Paul Coll created history this morning, becoming the first New Zealand man to win the British Open.
He defeated world champion Ali Farag of Egypt in four games to win the… Read more Audio
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All Whites consider name change to be more inclusive
7:52 AM.The All Whites could be no more. New Zealand Football are contemplating dropping the moniker for the men's national team.
The potential change is part of a wider project the organisation hopes will… Read more Audio
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Nelson student gets up in the early hours for virtual world chess competition
7:57 AM.Try doing anything at 3am or 4am and it'll be an effort - let alone playing chess against some of the best young talent in the world.
That was the task that confronted Nelson College student… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 23 August 2021
8:06 AM.The All Whites could be no more as New Zealand Football are contemplating dropping the moniker for the men's national team. Audio
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Covid-19: Cabinet to make call on lockdown today
8:10 AM.The scale of the Delta outbreak has changed dramatically over the course of the weekend.
Dozens of new cases, thousands more close contacts and devastatingly-large locations of interest have emerged.
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Covid-19: Affected schools on positive tests
8:16 AM.As the Covid-19 outbreak continues its spread in Auckland, at least seven schools in the city have had positive tests.
Pukekohe High School, Western Springs College, Avondale College, Northcote… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Coromandel mayor update
8:19 AM.Coromandel was a hotbed of places of interest when the country was put into lockdown last week after a man who tested positive for Covid-19 travelled to the area.
There have been no positive cases… Read more Audio
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Taliban looking for NZ allies - Afghan interpreter
8:29 AM.An interpreter who worked for the New Zealand Defence Force in Afghanistan says time to escape is running out, as the Taliban go door-to-door looking for those who worked with the New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 23 August 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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NZ Rugby under fire for Championship withdrawl
8:37 AM.New Zealand Rugby has come under heavy fire across the ditch after the All Blacks were pulled out of travelling to Perth over the weekend, citing uncertainty over how the Rugby Championship would play… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Australian states see anti-lockdown protests
8:43 AM.Australian health officials are worried about the greater proportion of young people in hospital than in previous Covid-19 outbreaks.
Of the 440 active cases in Victoria, 103 - or nearly a quarter -… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Butchers want to be allowed to do click and collect
8:47 AM.Butchers say the lockdown restrictions have them operating at a loss, and there are increasing fears a prolonged lockdown will put some out of business.
Under alert level 4 rules, butchers… Read more Audio
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Ethiopian kickboxer a rising star in Auckland
8:54 AM.The future seems bright for New Zealand's kickboxing scene right now.
Just before the whole country headed into lockdown, Voices producer Kadambari Raghukumar visited Kings Academy in Central… Read more Audio