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Checkpoint for Wednesday 30 June 2021
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MSD in court on claims of failure to act over wage subsidies
5:07 PM.A philanthropic foundation is taking legal action against the Ministry for Social Development over its failure to take legal action against a single wage subsidy recipient.
More than $13 billion was… Read more Audio
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Growing calls for MIQ fixes as room shortages stifle business
5:11 PM.There are growing calls for a shake-up of New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine system, from exporters and workers who need to travel offshore and say a shortage of isolations spots is… Read more Video, Audio
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Covid-19 infections, deaths continue to rise in Fiji
5:20 PM.Four more people have died as Fiji recorded 312 new Covid-19 cases in the latest daily update given by health authorities.
Fiji's Health Ministry said the four deaths were two women and two men, all… Read more Audio
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CRL disruption dispute: Owners not happy with $2k business advice programme
5:23 PM.Auckland's Albert St business owners are seeing red after being offered two thousand dollars worth of business advice as they struggle to survive.
They are trading alongside the $4.4 billion City… Read more Video, Audio
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Taunts in the House over proposed hate speech laws
5:27 PM.MPs behaving more badly or just the winter blues? Senior politicians indulged in name-calling and taunting opponents in the Chamber this afternoon.
Exercised about whether 'Karens' would be protected… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 30 June 2021
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6261651919001 Video, Audio
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Covid-19 vaccination alone won't achieve herd immunity - study
5:38 PM.A new study from Te Puna Matatini suggests it is virtually impossible for New Zealand to achieve herd immunity only with vaccinations, against the Covid-19 Delta variant.
In a worst-case scenario… Read more Video, Audio
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South Australia latest state with new local Covid-19 cases
5:46 PM.Australia continues to grapple with a rise in Covid cases with South Australia becoming the latest state to record new locally acquired cases.
Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has more. Read more Audio
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Fiji rugby team in MIQ, sets sights on win over All Blacks
5:49 PM.The Covid-19 situation might be deteriorating in Fiji, but their national rugby side reckons they know just what would put a smile on the faces of folk back home. A win against the 'best'. The team is… Read more Video, Audio
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Woman highlights, with spray paint, Dunedin dog poo problem
5:55 PM.One woman is highlighting, literally, with spray paint, the dog poo blight that is left on Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.
Antonia Wood and and her family live in St Leonards and are regular… Read more Video, Audio
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Major overhaul of country's water systems met with unease
6:08 PM.A number of councils are already criticising the government's freshly minted new plans for water.
A major overhaul of the country's water systems has been unveiled with the aim of stopping household… Read more Video, Audio
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Video showing child assault a symbol of broken system - Davis
6:13 PM.Oranga Tamariki's own minister believes a video showing a child being assaulted in one of its facility is a symbol of a broken system.
A number of staff have been stood down since a whistleblower… Read more Audio
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Police watchdog reopens inquiry into fatal shooting
6:17 PM.The police watchdog is reopening its inquiry into the fatal shooting of Rotorua man Shargin Stephens by an officer.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority says it will now take an "in-depth review"… Read more Video, Audio
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New Zealanders not immune to misinformation - Censor's study
6:22 PM.Two percent of New Zealanders believe the March 15 mosque shootings were faked, and nine percent don't believe the Covid 19 virus is real.
Those are just two of the findings from a survey released… Read more Audio
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Tennis: ASB Classic scrapped for second year in row
6:26 PM.The ASB Classic tennis tournament has been scrapped for the second year in a row.
Tournament organisers say they couldn't get enough places in MIQ for the 250 athletes, officials and staff needed to… Read more Audio