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Checkpoint for Monday 18 May 2020
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Covid-19: Back to school, but things are a little different
5:07 PM.Hundreds of thousands of children returned to very different classrooms and early learning settings today after an historic eight week break due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
But things were a lot… Read more Video, Audio
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Top pay band restored for early childhood teachers
5:14 PM.Meanwhile the government has restored a top pay band for fully trained early childhood teachers, committing $278 million over the next four years.
The 100 percent funding band for teacher-led ECE… Read more Audio
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What does ECE teacher funding boost mean for kindergartens?
5:15 PM.What does the funding boost mean for kindergartens and those who work there?
The chief executive of He Whānau Manaaki Kindergarten Association in Wellington is Mandy Coulson. She talks to Lisa Owen.
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WHO Covid-19 inquiry about learning, not blame - Ardern
5:21 PM.New Zealand is being urged to tread carefully, as it backs an international inquiry into the Covid-19 outbreak.
The World Health Assembly is meeting virtually to discuss the next steps in tackling… Read more Audio
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Air NZ refunds cancelled flights transitting through US
5:25 PM.Air New Zealand has had a change of heart on refunding passengers who would have transited through the United States, in the face of a complaint to the Commerce Commission.
People who would have… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 18 May 2020
5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
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Under lockdown, NZ population became 5 million
5:36 PM.As the country threw itself into lockdown in the fight against Covid-19, our population quietly passed five million people. Figures released by Stats NZ show New Zealand's population passed the… Read more Audio
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Cell tower arsons putting lives at risk - telecommunications companies
5:39 PM.There have been more suspicious fires over the weekend at cell tower sites, with more than a dozen hit in a matter of weeks.
The telecommunications sector is warning the suspected arsonists are… Read more Audio
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Cardinal John Dew welcomes review of church gathering rules
5:45 PM.The government has signalled it will reconsider rules that cap the number of people at religious services at 10, as hundreds of mall shoppers are free to arguably worship at the altar of consumerism.
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Labour surges, National plummets in Newshub-Reid Research poll
6:06 PM.In the first political poll since we went into lockdown, National has plummeted 12 points to just 30.6 with Labour up 14 points to 56.5 percent.
A new Newshub-Reid Research poll has revealed Labour's… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19: Schools, ECEs reopen after eight weeks
6:13 PM.Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school and early learning today, squirting litres of hand sanitiser and putting carefully-developed hygiene plans to the test.
After eight weeks out of… Read more Audio
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Some anxious parents as children return to school under level 2
6:17 PM.And it wasn't just teachers and students feeling the first day nerves.
Parents of some of the children returning today felt a little anxious about jumping back into the school routine.
Anan Zaki… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: No new cases again in NZ but Bloomfield warns vigilance
6:20 PM.There were no new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand on Monday and there is no community transmission.
At Monday's official briefing, the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield said the last… Read more Video, Audio
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Super Rugby returns, but not as we know it
6:24 PM.Super rugby is back, but it is nothing like before and it's taking players some getting used to.
The Chiefs, the Hurricanes, the Blues, Crusaders and Highlanders were back at training today preparing… Read more Audio