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Lately for Tuesday 1 March 2022

  • A law protecting the right to switch off from work

    law

    10:48 PM.In Europe some countries have passed laws to protect workers right to disconnect from work communications at the end of a normal working day. In January Belgium brought in a law giving federal… Read more Audio

  • Mosque shooting survivor on day one of walk for peace

    life and society

    10:40 PM.A survivor of the Christchurch mosque shootings has just finished the first day of his 350 kilometre walk from Dunedin to Christchurch. He's walking in the name of peace to reclaim the path taken by… Read more Audio

  • Covid-19 Testing - Terry Taylor

    health

    10:32 PM.The President of NZ's Institute of Medical Laboratory Science, Terry Taylor, says some people may never get their PCR result back. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield apologised today for… Read more Audio

  • Russia's nuclear alert

    conflict

    10:25 PM.President Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on special alert. But what does that mean? And what safeguards are built into Russia's command and control system? Pavel Podvig is a senior researcher… Read more Audio

  • Ukraine update

    conflict

    10:18 PM.Satellite images show a huge Russian military convoy stretching for more than 60-kilometres north of of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Fighting has intensified despite talks aimed at securing a… Read more Audio

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10:18 Ukraine update

Satellite images show a huge Russian military convoy stretching for more than 60-kilometres north of of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Fighting has intensified despite talks aimed at securing a ceasefire.Vitalii Rybak is a journalist in Ukraine

DONETSK, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 28: A view of damage due to armed conflict in Donetsk region under the control of pro-Russian separatists, eastern Ukraine on February 28, 2022. Stringer / Anadolu Agency (Photo by STRINGER / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP)

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10:25 

The President of NZ's Institute of Medical Laboratory Science, Terry Taylor, says some people may never get their PCR result back. Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield apologised today for the delay of 32,000 Covid-19 test results. He says labs are committed to processing all tests, even though they've been delayed.

Samples of the coronavirus (Covid-19) PCR gargle test are pictured before further examination in the LifeBrain laboratory in Vienna on February 1, 2022.

Photo: AFP

10:35 Mosque shooting survivor on day one of walk for peace

A survivor of the Christchurch mosque shootings has just finished the first day of his 350 kilometre walk from Dunedin to Christchurch. He's walking in the name of peace to reclaim the path taken by the terrorist. Temel Atacocugu was praying at Al Noor Mosque on March the 15th, 2019 when the massacre unfolded, and was shot nine times. He left the Octagon in Dunedin this afternoon, to walk more than 350 kilometres to Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre. 

Temel Atacocugu is a survivor of the shooting at the Al Noor Mosque on 15 March 2019 and was shot nine times.

Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown

10:45 A law protecting the right to switch off from work

In Europe some countries have passed laws to protect workers right to disconnect from work communications at the end of a normal working day. In January Belgium brought in a law giving federal officials the right to make themselves unavailable after work. Portugal has similar measures in place and now there's a push to introduce a 'right to disconnect' law across the European Union. One of those backing it is Alex Agius Saliba from Malta who's a member of the European Parliament. 

Alex Agius Saliba

Alex Agius Saliba Photo: Supplied