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Morning Report for Wednesday 1 September 2021
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Covid-19: Lockdown work from home prompts dog office takeover
1:55 PM.Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis have been forced to work from home through lockdown, but it's not all bad news for the pups who are stuck inside with them.
The latest Covid-19 outbreak has seen the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Looking after butterflies in lockdown
8:52 AM.In Otago, one essential worker is looking after some of our more exotic residents, with more and more arriving all the time.
Our Changing World producer Claire Concannon finds out what it takes to… Read more Audio
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Waiouru museum exhibit highlights 1918 pandemic
8:47 AM.As the world continues to battle Covid-19 and New Zealand is in the midst of another lockdown, a pandemic that struck over 100-years ago is in part being highlighted in an exhibition at the National… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Food businesses reopen outside Auckland
8:44 AM.From the high end restaurants to the cheap and cheerful takeout joints, those outside Auckland have been busy getting ready for click and collect deliveries from today.
Grills have been cleaned… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Boarding school creates 100-strong bubble
8:40 AM.RNZ may have found one of the country's largest bubbles, a secondary school which has allowed nearly 100 students and staff to remain on-site during lockdown.
At least 19 boarding schools are in the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland ambulance crews donning full PPE
8:36 AM.St John crews in Auckland now have to wear full personal protective gear to every callout.
This means gowns, eye protection, gloves and N95 masks which they have to change after each patient.
As of… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 September 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Auckland flooding: Clean-up begins
8:27 AM.A clean-up is beginning in West Auckland after Tuesday's floods.
Dozens of homes were left uninhabitable after the flooding.
Auckland Emergency Management's deputy controller Rachel Kelleher spoke… Read more Audio
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Concern over building supplies as construction restarts
8:23 AM.Thousands of construction sites are re-opening today amid predictions that common building products could run out in just three days.
The construction sector says the Government's failed to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Level 3 takeaways outside Auckland update
8:20 AM.Takeaway restaurants have reopened across the country with a return to Alert Level 3 for everyone south of Auckland.
Wellington reporter Kirsty Frame spoke to Corin Dann from outside McDonalds at the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Takeaways return in the South Island
8:19 AM.Takeaway is back on the menu in the South Island.
For many reluctant cooks, Level 3 brings a much-wanted break from baking, braising and boiling as well as a boost to businesses.
Tess Brunton has… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland's southern border closed again
8:17 AM.Auckland's southern boundary is closed off to most travellers once again, after Alert Level 3 began for most of the country.
Reporter Andrew McRae spoke to Susie Ferguson from State Highway 1 at the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Bloomfield confirms extra room being made for delta patients at hospitals
8:10 AM.Moves are underway at Auckland Hospital to provide more rooms can be available Covid-19 patients.
There were 32 patients in hospital across the region yesterday, 18 of them were in Middlemore, 12 at… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 1 September 2021
8:06 AM.Swimmer Sophie Pascoe says winning her 10th Paralympic gold makes the past few years of hard work and sacrifice all worth it. Audio
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Covid-19: Lockdown coastal Taranaki style
7:55 AM.Lockdown means different things to different people.
For many it's juggling Zoom meetings with childcare, and battling supermarket queues - others are hardly noticing a difference.
Taranaki… Read more Audio
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How NZ Defence Force evacuated people in Kabul
7:50 AM.New Zealand soldiers say they had to drag people through sewage and over barbed wire to get evacuees to safety in Kabul.
The Defence Force has revealed more details about how the army evacuated New… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Concerns over exercise area at Grand Mercure
7:46 AM.Delta cases isolating at the Grand Mercure in Wellington are allowed to leave their rooms and use the hotel's "fresh air" area, which is an underground car park.
The joint head of managed isolation… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: EMA on border crossing applications
7:42 AM.The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.
Alan… Read more Audio
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Sophie Pascoe wins 10th paralympic gold
7:39 AM.Being proud of what she achieved brought New Zealand swim star Sophie Pascoe to tears.
Pascoe joined a select group of Paralympians when she won the 100 freestyle final in Tokyo last night, her first… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: PM could have suspended Parliament if safety was an issue - Collins
7:28 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins says Jacinda Ardern could have suspended Parliament if she was concerned about safety.
In person Parliament returned for the first time since the latest Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Auckland Mayor Phil Goff on the clean-up after the floods
7:25 AM.A business owner in West Auckland says his situation feels like a kick in the guts when he's already down after multiple lockdowns, and a deluge of rain.
Floodwaters ripped through dozens of homes… Read more Audio
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Auckland flooding: Mechanic's shop ruined
7:20 AM."A bit of a kick in the guts when you're already down"
That's how one business owner in West Auckland is summing up the situation after multiple lockdowns - and now, a deluge of rain.
Floodwaters… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Vaccines could be prioritised to Auckland - Bloomfield
7:17 AM.The Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield has confirmed vaccines will be prioritised for Auckland, ahead of the rest of the country.
He told Morning Report if vaccine supplies couldn't match… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Police back enforcing Auckland border
7:13 AM.Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.
They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.
Police… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland border cutoff re-established
7:10 AM.New Zealand is once again officially divided along Covid-19 lines.
The country south of Auckland is now in lockdown level three and police checkpoints at five locations on the city's southern… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 September 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Napier completes review of flood response
6:50 AM.Building new houses at least a metre and a half off the ground and basing civil defence staff in Napier are two of the suggestions coming out of a review into the Napier floods.
Heavy rain last… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Gratitude for NCEA exams extension
6:46 AM.The recent decision to delay NCEA and Scholarship exams by a fortnight has given high school students extra time to study.
But one principal says their anxiety levels are still going through the roof… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Expert unimpressed with Wellington Grand Mercure excerise area
6:43 AM.There are fears MIQ workers at Wellington's quarantine facility are being put at unnecessary risk with Covid-19 cases allowed to exercise in an underground car park with no forced ventilation.
All of… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Truck lobby on Auckland checkpoints
6:38 AM.The Road Transport Forum is advising freight and stock truck drivers to have their paperwork ready at the Auckland-Waikato border to avoid long delays.
Police checkpoints on Auckland's southern… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 September 2021
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 1 September 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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America completes withdrawl from Afghanistan
6:18 AM.After two decades, the United States has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war.
More than 122,000 people in total have been airlifted from Kabul's International… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Pacific charity sees big increase in demand
6:14 AM.A charity for Pacific people say the demand for support during alert level 4 continues to increase.
Pasifika Futures is a Whanau Ora Commissioning Agency and they've handed out over 12,000 packages… Read more Audio
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Auckland flooding: Dozens of households in temporary accommodation
6:10 AM.Around 60 households have spent a night in temporary accommodation after serious flooding hit West Auckland yesterday.
In the 24 hours to 9am on Tuesday, almost 210 milimetres of rain fell around… Read more Audio
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Auckland flooding: Mechanic predicts two year recovery
6:08 AM.A garage mechanic in Kumeū says it could take up to two years to recover from flooding which has wrecked his workshop.
Shock rainfall hammered the township late Monday through to the early hours of… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 1 September 2021
6:00 AM.New Zealand is once again divided along Covid lines, with everywhere south of Auckland waking up to Alert Level 3, police have set-up border checkpoints to ensure only those with exemptions travel in… Read more Audio