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- David Seymour: Act Party leader says public sector to blame for Labour's poll leadThe Act Party is quickly gaining support, but it's pointing fingers at public servants for Labour's major lead.Newshub's latest Reid Research poll shows a record 4.9 percent increase for the Act Party to 16 percent overall.National slumped to 26.9...4 min
- James Arnott: Cook Brothers Hospitality Group Managing Director says Government are out of touch with what is happening in AucklandThe Government's being accused of being out of touch, with its current Covid restrictions in Auckland.Ministers will decide today whether to move the region to Step Three restrictions on Wednesday, allowing bars, restaurants and hairdressers to...4 min
- Jamie Freeman: Hospitality NZ Auckland president says we need to move to traffic light system as quickly as possibleAuckland businesses are pleading for the right to reopen this week.Cabinet will decide today whether to move the region to Step Three restrictions on Wednesday -- allowing bars, restaurants and hairdressers to reopen with public health measures in...4 min
- Paul Goldsmith: National Party education spokesperson says he is worried about low numbers of Auckland students sitting NCEA examsNCEA and scholarship exams start today after a disrupted school year.Students who have been affected by the ongoing level three lockdown are eligible for an Unexpected Event Grade.If students don't sit the exam, they'll get that grade and if...4 min
- Sunday Panel: Will Auckland open up next week?Public health experts say letting Auckland's bars, cafes and hairdressers open next week wouldn't be wise but one thinks the Government may make the move anyway with cases and hospitalisations remaining steady.Nearing 100 days in lockdown, Cabinet...10 min
- Jack Tame: Dye set for reopening but two groups abandonedI spent yesterday afternoon with a couple of doctors from Papakura Marae, going door-to-door visiting whānau who have tested positive for Covid-19. They were testing vital signs and oxygen saturation.The story will be on Q+A tomorrow. It was a good...6 min
- Garry Nixon: Otago University associate professor says rural vaccination rates are a real worryRural vaccination rates are lagging behind.Otago University's Garry Nixon told Andrew Dickens rural rates are about eight per cent cities.The Department of General Practice and Rural Health Associate Professor says that's a real worry.“For a lot of...6 min
- Andrew Dickens: It's time for the Lost and Found file todayIt’s time for the Lost and Found file on Newstalk ZB.Lost: Any government representative on just about anything this Friday.The 1 pm press conference was cancelled today. So, as concern rises about the insidious spread of Covid’s tentacles, as...3 min
- Professor Michael Baker: Waikato's shift to Level Two increases risk to the wider North IslandThere are 30 new community cases in the Waikato today as New Zealand records 198.The total number of Delta cases in the region is now 214 — one is in hospital, while 115 are isolating at home.Meanwhile, there are 152 new community cases in Auckland,...12 min
- Politics Friday: Tracey McClellan and Gerry Brownlee discuss cancelled events, Pike River and GroundswellToday on Politics Friday, John MacDonald was joined by Labour's Tracey McClellan and National's Gerry Brownlee.Topics for discussion included the recent cancellations of events in Canterbury, and if Government's new Traffic Light System provided...14 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.