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Quarantine exemption process 'cruel' - daughters of dying mother
Two sisters battling to get out of mandatory isolation early to see their dying mother says the exemption process is cruel and flawed.
The pair flew back to New Zealand from Melbourne on April 18, 11… Audio
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Air NZ crews hoping to halt redundancies until alert level 2
Air NZ has hit heavy turbulence with an escalating industrial dispute over claims hundreds of flight attendants are about to be laid off, and ongoing questions about whether the company is doing… Video, Audio
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Post Covid-19: The case for a job guarantee scheme
Opinion - New Zealand has won praise for its bold response to Covid-19, but should be equally ambitious in refusing catastrophic levels of unemployment, Cat MacLennan writes.
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'GPs are feeling almost abandoned'
The Epidemic Response Committee has today heard from medical specialists, midwives and community support workers.
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DHBs need to prioritise cancer treatment - Cancer Society
Up to 400 people could die from cancer if hospitals don't catch up quickly enough after the lockdown, the Cancer Society says.
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At least 33,000 NZers on benefit since level 4 lockdown began
In the four weeks since the country's been in lockdown, 33,000 more people have ended up on the benefit.
The Ministry of Social Development says the demand is higher than the peak of the global… Audio
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Covid-19 level 4 lockdown: How has it been for Manurewa?
Friday marks New Zealand's final Friday in level 4 lockdown.
With all things going to plan, this will hopefully be the last time we are under these restrictions.
The lockdown has been like nothing… Video, Audio
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Ōtara volunteers work hard to get food to vulnerable
In Auckland's Ōtara a team of locals has been working hard to get food and essentials out to some of the suburb's most vulnerable residents.
Every Thursday the team has been gathering to fill large… Video, Audio
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A dog's POV during lockdown
Audio 23 Apr 2020Mimicking his Golden Labrador Lara while they both wear neck ruffs made from rolls of toilet paper, is the Covid-19 lockdown project of New Zealand academic and performance artist Dr Mark Harvey. Video
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GPs fear for jobs, midwives feel ignored from funding
Community healthcare providers say they are being shortchanged during the Covid-19 crisis, and it'll be services that suffer.
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London lockdown offers glimpse of more neighbourly future
Opinion - Lockdown in London has given Clementine de Pressigny a new appreciation of her neighbours, people she had very little contact with before.
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Coronavirus: Foodbanks hit by 'Christmas on steroids'
After four weeks in lockdown, food banks around the country are seeing a dramatic rise in the number of people needing help to put food on their tables.
Demand for food parcels has jumped nine-fold… Audio
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Food banks swamped with demand during lockdown
Food banks around the country say they have been operating at levels similar to Christmas during the four weeks of lockdown.
Auckland City Missioner, Chris Farrelly says more and more people - some… Audio
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Covid-19: What happened in New Zealand on 21 April
A New Zealander was confirmed dead in Peru, more mercy flights for Kiwis abroad were planned, and an audit of PPE was announced.
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Du'Plessis Kirifi: The new breed of rugby star
With rugby sidelined there's been little speculation over which players might bolt into the All Blacks, but one who seems destined to don the black jersey is Hurricanes flanker Du'Plessis Kirifi. Video
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PM on the reasons why lockdown was extended
The vulnerable health of an urbanised Māori and Pasifika population was among reasons for extending the country's alert level 4 lockdown, the prime minister says. Audio
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What does the superhero craze say about our own times?
Superman and his descendants launched a fascination with technological superism that continues today. Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University in Wales and has recently… Audio
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Virus a stark reminder of Aotearoa's health inequities
New research has confirmed what Māori health experts have been warning since Covid-19 arrived on our shores.
Māori are more likely to die from the virus than any other ethnic group.
But now that New… Audio
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Virus, recession and 'institutional racism at all levels' hit Māori, Pasifika
Māori and Pasifika populations are more vulnerable to Covid-19 and the effects of a recession. The combination could be devastating, reports Susan Strongman.
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Covid-19 deadlier for Māori, Pasifika - modelling predicts
Covid-19 could be twice as deadly for Māori communities if the virus spreads in New Zealand - and the risk is even higher for older Māori and Pasifika, new research has found.
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Coronavirus: Elderly feeling isolated during pandemic
The focus will still be on keeping contact with others to the bare minimum once the country moves to Alert Level 3, but some restrictions around travel, business and activities will be loosened.
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Coronavirus: 5000 welfare requests to Queenstown Lakes District Council
Around three quarters of the people seeking welfare support in the Queenstown Lakes district are migrant workers and foreign nationals.
The Emergency Operations Centre led by the Queenstown Lakes… Audio
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Maths, models & insights into the coronavirus pandemic
Mathematician Alex James, from Te Pūnaha Matatini & the University of Canterbury, explains the art and science of modelling the coronavirus pandemic. Audio
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Maths, models & insights into the coronavirus pandemic
Mathematician Alex James, from Te Pūnaha Matatini & the University of Canterbury, explains the art and science of modelling the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Call for benefit relationship rules to be scrapped
The Council of Trade Unions says with more unemployment looming, Work and Income rules on benefits for people in relationships need to be scrapped.
Job seeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending… Audio
