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Lately for Wednesday 23 February 2022

  • Midweek Media Watch

    10:40 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Karyn Hay about information from leading media figures around booster shots. TVNZ's Maori language news programme, Te… Read more Audio

  • Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick on dealing with Covid

    10:30 PM.Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick has Covid 19 and urges the public that it still needs to take the virus seriously Audio

  • Annual Halberg Awards

    10:20 PM.Felicity Reid runs through the winners at tonights Halberg Awards with Dame Lisa Carrington winning the Supreme Award and Sportswoman of the Year.  Audio

  • How badly will cash rate rise hit mortgage costs?

    10:18 PM.How much more will homeowners have to pay on their mortgages now that the Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to one percent? And what about those who want to get on the property ladder? On… Read more Audio

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10:18 How badly will cash rate rise hit mortgage costs?

How much more will homeowners have to pay on their mortgages now that the Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to one percent? And what about those who want to get on the property ladder? On top of that Westpac and ANZ predict the rate will rise further this year and maybe go as high as three percent by 2023. Jarrod Kerr is the chief economist at Kiwibank. What sort of signal has the Reserve Bank sent with the latest rate hike?

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10.26 Halberg Awards announced

Tonight the winners of the annual Halberg Awards were announced. 

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10:30 Rotorua Mayor recovering from Covid-19

Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick has Covid-19 and urges the public to take the virus seriously. Thursday's scheduled council meeting has been moved online and parts of the council building have been deep-cleaned as a result. Mayor Chadwick is recovering at home. 

Rotorua mayor Steve Chadwick.

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10:45 Mediawatch for 23 Feb

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. This week Hayden Donnell talked to Karyn Hay about information from leading media figures around booster shots. TVNZ’s Maori language news programme, Te Karere, celebrates 40 years on air and confrontations between journalists and protesters near Parliament. 

After 38 years on air - Te Karere on Channel One is still the highest rating Māori news bulletin in Aotearoa.

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