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Evening business for 23 February 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6234540966001 Video, Audio
Ex-DHB psychologist claims chronic failings in mental health services
A health professional who has been on the front line of the mental health crisis in Aotearoa says the sector is "chronically underfunded" and fears dire consequences if it continues.
Dr Marthinus… Video, Audio
Papatoetoe High School principal on latest Covid-19 case
Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault joins Lisa Owen to discuss the latest Covid-19 case - another student at the school. Video, Audio
Covid-19 Response Minister responds to new Papatoetoe case
After news of a new Covid-19 community case linked to Papatoetoe High School, Lisa Owen asks Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to clarify the status of the school - will it open again this… Video, Audio
Mobile testing back in Papatoetoe after new Covid-19 case
The Covid-19 rollercoaster continues in Auckland after a new community case of Covid-19 was identified this morning.
The Ministry of Health says the 'casual plus' contact, also a student at… Video, Audio
Foster's leadership questioned over Wellington library saga
'Flippant', 'opaque' and 'lacking mayoral leadership'. Wellington Mayor Andy Foster is not winning any popularity contests with some of his city councillors, as they grow increasingly frustrated with… Audio
Redcliffs School's post-quake long battle for survival
In the years that have followed the devastating Christchurch earthquake, there have been many stories of the struggles people have faced.
Tonight we bring you the tale of the little school in… Video, Audio
Port, border workers happy to get Covid-19 vaccination
The most at-risk workers at the Ports of Auckland have lined up for their Covid-19 vaccinations today, with most saying they barely felt a scratch.
There has been at least one community outbreak… Video, Audio
Barnett urges 'more clinical' response to Covid-19 community cases, Hipkins says each case unique
Auckland will join the rest of the country in Covid-19 alert level 1 from midnight, but is there a better option than a large scale lockdown if or when there's another outbreak?
For Tāmaki Makaurau… Video, Audio
Minister questions Corrections over 'degrading' treatment at Auckland Women's Prison
The Corrections Minister has asked Corrections for its side of the story, after a judge ruled inmates at Auckland Women's Prison were treated in a degrading and inhumane way.
Manukau District Court… Audio
Indecent assault trial: Man claims drink was spiked
A man has told a court he believes his drink was spiked by what he calls a "predatory" and "utterly creepy" businessman.
The businessman, who has name suppression, is accused of indecently assaulting… Audio
CTV survivor recalls horror of Christchurch's fatal quake
Just one CTV employee who was in the building during the February 22 earthquake managed to escape before it came down.
For Maryanne Jackson, the pain of losing 16 colleagues has been compounded by… Video, Audio
Evening business for 22 February
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6234235696001 Video, Audio
Hopes on high tide for 40 surviving whales at Farewell Spit
As the tide rises, rescuers are racing to refloat 40 whales stranded at Farewell Spit, at the top of the South Island.
The long-finned pilot whales were spotted on the beach at 9.30am and a team of… Video, Audio
'No respect' - dentists decry govt's lack of help with PPE
Scarce supplies and the cost of personal protective equipment is prompting some dentists to up their prices.
Now they are calling for government support to fund and source high level PPE to avoid… Audio
Christchurch remembers fatal 6.3 quake, 10 years on
Thousands of people in Christchurch and around the country paused at 12.51 on Monday afternoon to mark a decade since the February 22 magnitude 6.3 earthquake which claimed 185 lives.
It was 10 years… Video, Audio
Covid-19 Response Minister on Auckland's move to level 1
From midnight Auckland will join the rest of Aotearoa at Covid-19 alert level 1. Auckland was plunged into a level 3 lockdown for three days, and everywhere else went to level 2, after three Covid-19… Video, Audio
Roaming Rodney the ITM cat finds a new home in Whanganui
Could this be the purrrfect ending to the tale of roaming Rodney aka the abandoned ITM cat?
It seems he has finally been found and given a forever home after going missing for about four months.
… Video, Audio
CTV widower determined for justice, 10 years since Feb 22 earthquake
Ten years after his wife and 114 others died in the CTV building collapse, Maan Alkaisi remains as determined as ever to see justice served.
Alkaisi has for the last decade acted as the vocal voice… Video, Audio
Police to crack down on gangs under Operation Tauwhiro
Police are cracking down on gangs, with the launch of a nationwide operation to disrupt and prevent firearms-related gang violence.
Operation Tauwhiro is a long-term co-ordinated operation focusing… Audio