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Checkpoint for Thursday 2 April 2020
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Covid-19 lockdown: Rest home staff move in with residents
6:26 PM.The spread of Covid-19 has been particularly challenging for rest homes, many of which have been under lockdown since early March, with a ban on visitors.
But staff at the Bradford Manor Rest Home in… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Spitting incidents rising - health, security workers
6:17 PM.Security guards, nurses and frontline staff at hospitals and other essential services are being spat at by angry members of the public while trying to do their jobs during the lockdown.
Unions warn… Read more Audio
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Police Commissioner Mike Bush signs off
6:14 PM.Police Commissioner Mike Bush is hanging up his cap for the final time on Thursday.
Bush is retiring from the police after 42 years in the service.
He will continue to lead the response to the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown: Air NZ slashes domestic flights
6:10 PM.Air New Zealand has today slashed its domestic services in response to a 99 percent decline in demand due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Tourist centres say the move was always on the horizon, but they… Read more Audio
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Govt allows NZ travel for internationals catching flights home
6:06 PM.The government is making an exception to the domestic travel rule - allowing foreign nationals to travel by air or land so that they can catch international flights home.
Prime Minister Jacinda… Read more Audio
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Covid-19 lockdown: The ups and downs of life in your bubble
5:47 PM.Checkpoint asked two groups (bubbles) of people to keep a diary of their lives in lockdown - the ups, downs and everything in between.
Here are their experiences of the first week. Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: NZers stuck in India beg govt for help to get home
5:42 PM.A group of New Zealand tourists stranded in New Delhi who fear they may soon be evicted from their hotel, are begging the government for help to get home.
The two Waikato couples left for India early… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Flour demand up 500 percent for NZ producer, but plenty of wheat
5:36 PM.Home bakers keen to keep busy and fed during the lockdown have pushed demand for flour up 500 percent for one producer.
Champion Flour has three mills going around the clock to keep up. There are no… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 2 April 2020
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Covid-19 testing demand puts assessment clinics under stress
5:24 PM.A Hawke's Bay doctor says the government's call earlier this week to 'test, test, test' for the Covid-19 put assessment centres under enormous stress.
The doctor says the announcement was made ahead… Read more Audio
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Woman loses taste, smell senses when contracting Covid-19
5:20 PM.Imagine what it would be like if your sense of smell and taste disappeared overnight - that's exactly what happened to 23-year-old Sarah shortly before she was diagnosed with Covid-19.
Some overseas… Read more Video, Audio
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Police admit struggle with checking NZ arrivals at home
5:16 PM.Police have admitted they were caught on the hop when faced with doing home checks on thousands of people arriving here from overseas.
Travellers were sent home and being trusted to self isolate… Read more Audio
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Businesses, jobs suffering under Covid-19 restrictions
5:11 PM.Meanwhile, it's not just media companies making cuts. Construction and travel companies are slashing wages and some are axing jobs of thousands of workers as they struggle to keep running in the… Read more Audio
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Bauer announces immediate closure of major NZ magazines
5:07 PM.The media landscape has taken another dramatic turn with Bauer Media announcing the immediate closure of iconic titles like the Listener, Metro, New Zealand Woman's Weekly, Woman"s Day, Next and North… Read more Audio