Checkpoint for Wednesday 15 December 2021
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Thousands through airports as Auckland border reopens
5:06 PM.Goodbye tumbleweed terminal, hello holiday. Auckland's Covid protection border has reopened, and on Wednesday Auckland Airport was with locals leaving lockdown land. After 120 days penned in, tens of… Read more Video, Audio
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Sepuloni pleads ignorance over MSD spending on private rentals
7:13 PM.It's a multimillion-dollar ministerial blind spot that is being called into question. Opposition parties are demanding accountability after revelations millions of dollars was shelled out by the… Read more Audio
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Australia nears Covid crisis mode
5:26 PM.New South Wales is being warned it could see 25,000 cases a day by the end of January. The state has recorded its highest daily total in more than three months - yet new freedoms have come into effect… Read more Audio
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Covid-style Christmas Santa photo at mall one to remember
5:29 PM.He's making a list, checking it twice, but this year Santa is also wearing a mask and checking you in. It's a Covid-style Santa visit in malls across Auckland this year, with the city still in the red… Read more Video, Audio
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Counties-Manukau DHB hits 90 percent fully vaccinated
5:36 PM.Sound the bell, Counties Manukau DHB has hit the 90 percent double vaccination target. The last of Auckland's three health boards to get over the line. Counties Manukau has the second biggest eligable… Read more Video, Audio
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Evening business for 15 December 2021
5:41 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6286891082001 Video, Audio
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Northland checkpoints start smoothly as border reopens
5:46 PM.Northland's checkpoints started smoothly today, with last minute background checks holding up some Tai Tokerau Border Control workers the only speed bump.
Thousands of cars heading north passed… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt pledges to launch redress system for abuse survivors
5:51 PM.'A national disgrace'. That is how the government is describing the efforts crown agencies went to, in order to avoid responsibility for abuse under their watch. It is committed to establishing a new… Read more Audio
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First wave of Aucklanders flood through Queenstown Airport
6:06 PM.The first wave of Aucklanders have flooded through Queenstown airport today, now that the city's border is open. Their arrival has been hotly anticipated by tourist operators desperate to revive their… Read more Video, Audio
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Shock as school at centre of Covid cluster reopened
6:10 PM.A Covid cluster has cropped up in the South Taranaki town of Eltham - with 16 confirmed cases in the comunity. Fourteen cases are children - and 11 are from a single classroom at Etham Primary School… Read more Audio
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Australia braces for thousands more daily Covid cases
6:17 PM.To Australia, where officials are bracing for tens of thousands of Covid cases a day in coming weeks. It comes as states begin easing restrictions - despite a surge in cases, many the Omicron variant… Read more Video, Audio
