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Checkpoint for Monday 20 April 2020
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NZ Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extends to end of April 27 - Ardern
5:09 PM.New Zealand will move to alert level 3 at 11:59pm Monday April 27, where the country will stay until at least May 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.
She said whilst shifting levels… Read more Video, Audio
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Ardern announces level 4 lockdown extension - analysis
5:12 PM.RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen to discuss Jacinda Ardern's announcement of changes to New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extended - Aucklanders react
5:18 PM.How do New Zealanders feel about spending another week in lockdown?
Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen has been speaking with locals in Auckland's Grey Lynn park. Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 level 4 lockdown extended - Retail NZ's reaction
5:20 PM.Businesses being buoyed by government subsidies will welcome the announcement on Monday that some work can begin on getting ready for a transition to lockdown level 3 from 11:59pm on April 27.
But… Read more Video, Audio
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Machete-wielding man shot dead by police in Papatoetoe
5:28 PM.A man living near the scene of a fatal police shooting in Auckland overnight heard screaming and yelling, and the man taunting neighbours to call the police, before he was killed.
Police say said the… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 20 April 2020
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Finance Minister answers Covid-19 lockdown change questions
5:35 PM.At 11.59pm on Monday April 27 New Zealand will move to alert level 3 - five days and a holiday weekend longer than first anticipated.
But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says our "team of five million"… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ should work on charging Facebook, Google for local media - expert
5:45 PM.A New Zealand media expert says this country should waste no time in following an Australian decision to draw up a mandatory code forcing Facebook and Google to pay for content generated by… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay Hospital sets up Covid-19, non-Covid-19 areas
5:50 PM.Hawke's Bay Hospital is hoping a complete reconfiguration into Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 areas, will reassure the public that it is a safe place to seek help in a medical emergency.
The number of… Read more Audio
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Moving from lockdown level 4 to level 3 - impact on businesses
5:55 PM.Horizon International manufactures paving stones for commercial courtyards, home patios and public spaces.
A staff of twenty they are not essential services, but they are integral to construction.
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Dr Ayesha Verrall cautiously optimistic about contact tracing improvements
6:09 PM.New Zealand needs to be able to contact trace up to 1,000 cases of Covid-19 - in case of a large outbreak in the next two years.
That is among the recommendations in a new report into contact tracing… Read more Video, Audio
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Some businesses disappointed at level 4 lockdown extension
6:16 PM.Many businesses are disappointed the government has extended the lockdown, saying they cannot hang on much longer. New Zealand will exit Covid-19 lockdown level four at one minute to midnight on… Read more Audio
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NZ Covid-19 lockdown changes planned - Wellington reactions
6:20 PM.So what do people think of staying in lockdown for another five days?
Residents of central Wellington told Checkpoint reporter Logan Church the news wasn't surprising. Read more Video, Audio
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Bridges concerned about Covid-19 testing, PPE
6:22 PM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges says the government's decision to extend lockdown shows it has not done the groundwork required to have New Zealand ready for loosening restrictions.
Posting on his… Read more Video, Audio