Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 November 2021
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Education Minister details return to schools for years 1-10
5:07 PM.The government has announced all primary school students in Auckland and Waikato can return to the classroom next Wednesday, but not all at the same time.
Education and Covid Response Minister Chris… Read more Audio
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Ardern visits Auckland as region moves to level 3 step 2
5:17 PM.The Prime Minister visited Auckland for the first time since Delta arrived in the region, for a few hours on Wednesday.
The decision not to visit battling retailers, cafes and bars did not go down… Read more Video, Audio
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New Plymouth school shocked by death of three staff members in car crash
5:22 PM.A New Plymouth school community is reeling after three staff members died in a road crash in Horowhenua.
Four people died when a truck and a van collided at Kuku on State Highway 1 just after 3pm… Read more Audio
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Managing Auckland border a strain on police resources - police union boss
5:25 PM.Police Association boss Chris Cahill says with at least 650 police officers assigned to Auckland's regional Covid border, it is a "real strain on Auckland". Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 10 November 2021
5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6281229579001 Video, Audio
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Auckland shops open doors for first time in three months
5:37 PM.The first taste of normality for Aucklanders today - with retailers swinging open the doors for the first time in three months.
At alert level 3 step 2 shops can reopen but with masks and social… Read more Video, Audio
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'A great day' for Sylvia Park mall as level 3 step 2 starts
5:42 PM.Sylvia Park mall spokesperson Linda Trainer tells Checkpoint it was 'a great day' as shops reopened to customers on the first day of level 3 step 2 restrictions.
Read more Video, Audio
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Man with Covid-19 dies in home isolation, cause unconfirmed
5:48 PM.A man with Covid-19 has suddenly died while isolating at home - the third such incident in the past week.
The man - who was in his 60s - had been staying at a home in Glen Eden in west Auckland. The… Read more Audio
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Black Caps confident facing England in T20 semifinal
5:50 PM.A place in yet another major tournament final awaits the Black Caps at cricket's T20 World Cup.
New Zealand will feature in the first semifinal against England in Abu Dhabi early tomorrow morning… Read more Audio
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Auckland students return to school after three months at home
6:07 PM.After three months at home, Auckland students will be allowed back in the school gates next week.
But for primary and intermediates it will only be part time to minimise the Covid risk.
The… Read more Audio
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'We're navigators' - Māngere's Jean Batten school ready for reopening challenges
6:11 PM.Māngere’s Jean Batten school principal Nardi Leonard told Checkpoint her school is planning to have some outside classrooms taking place, with shaded areas available.
“We’ll be opening the gates to… Read more Video, Audio
