New Zealand
Evening business for 17 May 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6254530722001 Video, Audio
Sharing chores at home could help economy - Westpac/Deloitte survey
Sharing the load could come with a healthy boost to the economy.
A Westpac / Deloitte survey has found just seven percent of heterosexual couples, who both work full time, share the domestic chores… Audio
Leaky homes: Harditex cladding manufacturer faces class action
A class action lawsuit is alleging a major building product manufacturer never tested its product before selling it - and once they knew it was defective, continued selling it.
More than a thousand… Audio
National MPs rally behind Collins after dismal poll result
National MPs are rallying behind their leader Judith Collins after last night's dire political poll and endorsing her claims of a separatist government agenda.
The Newshub Reid Research poll - which… Audio
Death in custody at Hawera police station preventable - Crown
The High Court at New Plymouth has heard a man who died while in custody at the Hawera Police Station last year would have survived if he had got medical attention sooner.
Allen Ball died in the… Audio
Olympics: 'You have to be out of your mind not to be vaccinated' - Dick Pound ready for Japan
International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says athletes would be "out of your mind not to be vaccinated" before heading to Japan.
Pound told Checkpoint he has his ticket to Tokyo and unless… Video, Audio
Tokyo readies for Olympics, despite mounting challenges
With just two months to the Tokyo Olympics, are the Games really a go?
The host nation has ramped up its Covid-19 controls - expanding the current state of emergency from six areas including Tokyo to… Audio
Ōtara vaccination centre overrun with workload
An Auckland vaccination centre, run by Pacific health care providers and catering for a mainly Pasifika community, may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.
2: Defiance / Remove and Protect
New Zealander’s have drawn a line in the sand, announcing they will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050, but what will it take to get there? Video, Audio
2: Defiance / Remove and Protect
New Zealander’s have drawn a line in the sand, announcing they will rid the nation of rats, stoats and possums by 2050, but what will it take to get there?
AudioThe travel world through Anthony Bourdain's eyes
Laurie Woolever met Anthony Bourdain in 2002, when she was hired to edit and test the recipes for his Les Halles Cookbook. In 2017 the pair discussed writing a travel guide. After his untimely death… Audio
Covid-19 vaccine rollout to teens may happen at schools - Bloomfield
The Director-General of Health has revealed students 12 years and older could get their Covid-19 jabs in a school-based vaccination prorgramme starting at the end of Term 3.
And in a pre-Budget… Video, Audio
Canterbury council told to do more on water quality
Protesters sang their displeasure about water quality up to those sitting inside the offices of the Canterbury Regional Council today.
About 200 gathered at lunchtime to let the council know what… Audio
Faafoi faces tough crowd at protest over immigration settings
The Immigration Minister was shouted down at a rally of unhappy migrants today, as he revealed he couldn't give them the answers they were after in their bid to loosen border restrictions.
A crowd of… Video, Audio
Govt must specify acceptable Covid-19 vaccinations for visitors when borders open - Fyfe
The Ministry of Health is warning the team of five million to prepare for a new norm even when most of the population is fully vaccinated and the borders start reopening to more low risk countries.
… Video, Audio
Southland Charity Hospital makes progress with consent
The Southland Charity Hospital is another step closer to reality with the issuing of building consent to get construction under way.
Consent was approved yesterday, just in time to mark late cancer… Audio
Covid-19 elimination may change as borders open - expert
A top public health professor says New Zealand will need to change its Covid-19 elimination strategy as our borders open to more high-risk countries.
Today the Prime Minister outlined expectations… Video, Audio
NZ accused of over-buying Covid-19 vaccines in WHO report
New Zealand has been accused of selfishly overbuying Covid-19 vaccines in a WHO-commissioned report.
It also called out the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and the EU for securing enough vaccine to cover… Audio
Govt addressing emergency housing problems in Rotorua
A year after ministers were warned emergency housing was posing a risk to public safety in Rotorua, the government is moving to clean up the problems.
It will directly contract motels for emergency… Audio
Evening business for 13 May 2021
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6253978169001 Video, Audio