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Tamihere and Ngarewa-Packer new Māori Party leaders
16 Apr 2020Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere and iwi leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are the new co-leaders of the Māori Party.
The party has been rebuilding after losing its two MPs at the 2017… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Mercy flight out of India too expensive for some
16 Apr 2020One New Zealander in India is considering turning down the offer of a government charter flight to get his family home because it would put him in too much debt.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Taskforce considering 'shovel-ready' projects
16 Apr 2020A top-level taskforce is now working on a priority list of shovel-ready projects for when the government relaxes lockdown measures.
Submissions to the infrastructure industry reference group closed… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: How the first day of school went
16 Apr 2020Around 800,000 students are back at school again and yesterday we heard from a Napier teacher about how much she was looking forward to getting back to work.
So we thought we'd check in again this… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Protest camp removed from Ōwairaka/Mt Albert
16 Apr 2020A protest camp at Ōwairaka/Mount Albert has been removed because they have been breaching the level 4 lockdown rules.
Protesters have been occupying the site since November over the planned felling… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Nurses alarmed by PPE reuse plan
16 Apr 2020Nurses at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland say they're alarmed by a Counties Manukau DHB plan to reuse personal protective equipment.
RNZ has been shown correspondence telling staff to collect old… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 16 April 2020
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Coronavirus: Prisoners could be denied bail due to risk
A government memo leaked to RNZ suggests prisoners could be kept locked up past their release date if deemed a Covid-19 risk.
The Solicitor General has written to Crown solicitors and public… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Countdown opens customer-free supermarket
Countdown has opened a supermarket with a difference, to help deal with the increased demand they're dealing with.
The store is in the Auckland suburb of Penrose and will be like a normal supermarket… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Key government adviser still waiting on crucial data
16 Apr 2020One of the Government's key pandemic advisors say he is still in the dark over whether this country has good enough border control, testing and tracing systems to keep the coronavirus at bay.
Cabinet… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: West Coast keen to open up ahead of other regions
Businesses on the West Coast of the South Island say with only a handful of Covid-19 cases, they should be the first to be allowed to open their doors.
The government will set out today what Alert… Read more Audio
