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Morning Report for Monday 30 August 2021
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Covid-19: Support worker on shout out from Ashley Bloomfield
8:54 AM.On Sunday Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield took time in the daily Covid-19 briefing to thank the essential workers, who are continuing to go to work to support the rest of Aotearoa during… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: South Island ready for takeaways at level 3
8:46 AM.Takeaway food is back on the cards from Wednesday and in the Covid-19 free South Island businesses are already busy preparing to reopen their doors.
While they're relieved to have some customers… Read more Audio
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Understaffing plagues Wellington mental health triage service
8:41 AM.Wellington's mental health triage system is 30 percent under-staffed and desperately seeking workers.
Clinicians say the lack of staff is pushing out wait times for patients and making some harder to… Read more Audio
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Hurricane Ida slams into US
8:36 AM.Hurricane Ida has made landfall in the U-S state of Louisiana, storm surges have flooded low lying areas and 200 thousand households are without power. News Director of the WWL in New Orleans Dave… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 30 August 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Afghanistan: Red Cross on new arrivals' needs
8:28 AM.Who are the people from Afghanistan our country will shortly be welcoming? What are their stories? What state will they be in upon arrival to Auckland?
New Zealand Red Cross doesn't know the exact… Read more Audio
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Afghanistan: Journalist on situation in Kabul
8:25 AM.Saleem Yousofzadais an Afghan journalist who is in Kabul - where he has worked for the past twenty years.
Susie Ferguson spoke with him about the latest situation in Kabul, he says those left behind… Read more Audio
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Rawiri Waititi launches petition to oppose Rotorua MIQ
8:17 AM.MP for Waiariki Rawiri Waititi has launched a petition to stop the establishment of another MIQ hotel in Rotorua.
Waititi says the city has been unfairly targeted and he has the backing of local iwi… Read more Audio
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Lawyer wants fast tracked visas for medical workers
8:14 AM.An immigration lawyer wants a fast track visa process for doctors and nurses wanting to come into the country, saying long delays are putting off the people most urgently needed in the battle against… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Epidemiologist wants tightening of alert level rules
8:10 AM.As eligible workplaces south of Auckland prepare to reopen on Wednesday, there's a push on for rules to be beefed up.
Given the high infectiousness of the Delta variant, Director-General of Health… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 30 August 2021
8:06 AM.Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has called for Belgian Grand Prix fans to get their money back after they waited hours in the cold and wet without seeing a competitive lap in the shortest race… Read more Audio
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Porirua harbour orca pod possibly linked to baby Toa
7:55 AM.Conservationists are hoping to identify the pod of orca in Porirua Harbour to say whether or not they are related to the baby Toa who became stranded in the area in July and later died despite efforts… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Parihaka families rally together over lockdown
7:51 AM.Whānau at the isolated Parihaka settlement in Taranaki say they are well set up to keep vulnerable members of the community safe during lockdown.
About 30 people live permanently at Parihaka, first… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Hopes for easy travel across regional borders
7:46 AM.Businesses are hoping there won't be another "shambles" at Auckland's southern border when the rest of the country drops to alert level 3 on Wednesday.
Applications are open for businesses to apply… Read more Audio
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Afghanistan: US launches strike on vehicle
7:39 AM.US forces launched a drone strike on a vehicle in Kabul overnight, which officials say killed a suicide bomber inside, whom is suspected of preparing to attack the airport.
It is the second strike… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: 'Crunch week' has arrived for outbreak case numbers - Modeller
7:28 AM.Cabinet is set to meet today over the current alert level in Auckland and Northland.
Aucklanders won't be expecting freedom any time soon though, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said they should… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Passport request at vaccination unacceptable - Verrall
7:16 AM.Associate Minister of Health Ayesha Verrall says it is unacceptable pacific people were asked to present their passports when arriving for Covid-19 vaccine appointments.
The Bay of Plenty DHB has… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Ministers to meet over alert levels
7:12 AM.Ministers meet today to decide what next for the outbreak's epicentre, Auckland, and for Northland - the only regions set to continue under alert level 4 past midnight tomorrow.
The Prime Minister… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Auckland Hospitals under pressure
7:09 AM.Auckland's hospitals are under pressure and preparing for more with the highest rate of Covid-19 hospitalisation of any of the country's outbreaks.
There are 34 patients in hospital - just under 7… Read more Audio
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Business News for 30 August 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Covid-19: More pharmacies want to help with vaccinations
6:48 AM.Around half of pharmacies around the country have qualified vaccinators ready to administer the Covid-19 shot, but only 13 percent are actually doing the work.
Andrew Gaudin, the chief executive of… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Efforts to boost Māori vaccination rates ramping up
6:45 AM.Māori health providers are accelerating their efforts to close a gap that's left far fewer Māori vaccinated against Covid-19 than any other group.
The government and Ministry of Health are under fire… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: MPs back at Parliament after suspension
6:40 AM.MPs are back in the Beehive today after a week long suspension.
Experts want to see tighter restrictions for those returning to work.
But what might that mean for the returning MPs?
National Party… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 30 August 2021
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 30 August 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Government told to act urgently on immigration to attract doctors
6:16 AM.The government is being told it must act urgently on immigration to attract and keep desperately needed nurses and doctors.
One specialist recruitment agency says medics are ruling out New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Indoor rules need refocusing - Siouxsie Wiles
6:13 AM.There were 83 new cases of Covid-19 in the community yesterday - taking our total cases in this outbreak to 511.
However, numbers appear to be levelling off - on Saturday there were 82, and 70 on… Read more Audio
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Category 4 Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana
6:08 AM.Tens of thousands of people are fleeing the US state of Louisiana, as a monster storm of potentially historic proportions, barrels towards the state.
Hurricane Ida is currently a Category 4 storm… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 30 August 2021
6:00 AM.Auckland hospitals prepare for largest outbreak yet, Ministers meet today to decide what next for Auckland's lockdown, also the US has carried out a drone strike against an ISIS-K suicide car bomber… Read more Audio