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Markets Update for 26 March 2020
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: What the streets are like under lockdown
26 Mar 2020It's the first morning of New Zealand's four week lockdown in which our number one job is to stay at home to stop the spread of Covid-19.
If the message has got through there should be no one on the… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Harbourmaster to patrol Marlborough Sounds
Patrol vessels will be doing sweeps of the Marlborough Sounds from this morning to check for any recreational boaties and yachties flouting the lockdown rules.
Marlborough Harbourmaster Luke Grogan… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Government works to protect tenants
The Government has frozen rents and is protecting tenants from eviction during the Covid-19 lockdown, but there is some confusion about what is expected of tenants if they get into financial… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Air NZ tells staff to use their leave
Air New Zealand has told thousands of its staff who're in lockdown they'll be paid for two weeks but then have to start using their leave.
Their union says the move is borderline legal and is seeking… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Doctors send their kids away
Some doctors are sending their children away from home during the lockdown as they struggle with child care while on the frontline of Covid-19.
They say it's been a stressful few days since the alert… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Economists say unemployment could hit 30pct
Senior economists are predicting unemployment to reach 15 percent, with one warning it could even hit 30 percent as Covid-19 brings the economy to a shuddering halt.
They say the sudden stop to most… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Senate agrees on $2 trillion relief package
It is a "wartime level of investment".
That's how the Senate republican leader, Mitch McConnell, described the colossal US$2 trillion stimulus package that's just been agreed between Senate leaders… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Prince Charles tests positive
26 Mar 2020Prince Charles has the Coronavirus, and is displaying mild symptoms.
The heir to the throne is in isolation at Birkhall in Aberdeen, Scotland with his wife, Camilla, who has tested negative.
Their… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: Most hospital patients no longer allowed visitors
26 Mar 2020Hospitals say they have been preparing for weeks for a rise in Coronavirus cases and are well placed to treat victims.
Dan Coward chairs the district health board's group of chief operating officers.
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Coronavirus: Police ready to arrest non-compliant during lockdown
26 Mar 2020There are currently 205 Covid-19 cases in the country, with fifty new cases yesterday.
The police have the power to order any person to stop any activity that contributes to the spread of Covid-19… Read more Audio
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Coronavirus: NZ wakes up to life in lockdown
26 Mar 2020New Zealand is waking up to a morning like no other in its history - people are confined to their homes, everything but essential services are shut.
The Prime Minister's expectation of what people… Read more Audio
