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- Jack Tame: What should we do with the Parliament protestors?Trevor Mallard asked for the sprinklers to stay on all night.The protestors are still there on the lawns of parliament. The convoy of angry and presumably damp people, with their tents and their muddled messages.I walked by the fringes of the...4 min
- Peter Lewis: Hong Kongers rush for haircuts, produce ahead of new curbsHong Kong residents lined up outside hair salons and snapped up fresh vegetables on Wednesday, a day before tightened coronavirus restrictions go into effect, as new daily cases in the city ballooned to more than 1,100.Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam...5 min
- Corrie Parnell: Wellington District Police Commander Superintendent says the Parliament protests isn't something they can arrest their way oPolice say the protests outside Parliament isn't something they can arrest their way out of.Wellington District Commander Superintendent Corrie Parnell told Heather du Plessis-Allan they tested that yesterday.“That resulted in excess of 120 arrests,...8 min
- Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB Political Editor on the fourth day of Parliament protestsThe anti-mandate protest numbers have been growing all day, and the weather hasn't stopped them.Many people had come in from around the North Island overnight, and there has been a carnival-like atmosphere growing.Meanwhile, the minimum wage is set...6 min
- Andy Foster: Wellington Mayor on the latest on removing anti-mandate protestors from ParliamentFour days into the Parliamentary protest, businesses in the Wellington CBD say their lives are still being disrupted by protestors and they want them off the grounds.Wellington Mayor Andy Foster told Heather du Plessis-Allan they want them cleared as...4 min
- Julian Leys: Building Industry Federation chief executive on the fight for construction industry to join critical worker schemeThe construction industry is fighting to make it onto the Government’s new critical worker list that was announced yesterday.The Close Contact Exemption Scheme will allow workers who meet certain criteria to continue working provided they produce...5 min
- Friday Faceoff with Jo Coughlan and Sean RushFriday Faceoff with Jo Coughlan, Managing Director of Silvereye, and Wellington City Councillor Sean Rush: Their thoughts on the protest, how it has been handled, vaccine mandates, Transmission Gully and the upcoming local body elections in...29 min
- John MacDonald: The Govt should be wary in ignoring the anger at themDid you see that woman on the TV news last night, saying she was leaving her husband because he’d been and got his booster shot?She was angry. She was at Parliament, at the protest. And there’s a suggestion being made today that she’s not the only...6 min
- Chris Hipkins: Covid-19 Response Minister rejects suggestions the close contact exemption scheme is too admin heavyChris Hipkins is rejecting suggestions the close contact exemption scheme is too admin heavy.In phase two of our Omicron outbreak, critical business workers found to be close contacts won't need to isolate, if they return negative rapid antigen...9 min
- Dave Rossiter: Westmere Butchery Owner says close contact exemption scheme is confusingA butcher believes the new close contact exemption scheme raises more questions than answers.Under the scheme, critical business workers won't have to isolate if they're identified as a close contact at phase two of the Omicron outbreak.That's if...3 min
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Covid Watch is the home of the latest Covid-19 news from New Zealand and around the world, with the conversations Newstalk ZB is having with all the newsmakers and experts to keep you informed.