As Auckland moves into level 2.5, restaurants, cafes and bars are once again opening their doors to customers. However, the industry's poor track record with providing sick leave to workers leaves communities vulnerable to Covid-19 transmission.
Hanna spoke to National Secretary of United Union Gerard Hehir about why working sick is so pervasive in the hospitality industry, and what can be done to address it.
1 year on from the awful Grenfell Tower fire in London, the Auckland Council have declared that the highly combustible aluminium polyethylene filled cladding is safe for use in Aucklands buildings.
The council have produced a list naming all the buildings with the cladding which include 7 Auckland hospital buildings and Auckland universities OGGB building.
Lucy Austin spoke with RNZ reporter Phil Pennington to find out more.
While at times completely derailed by the appearance of real live oysters, accompanied by Camilla and Tim from Rockefeller Oyster Bar, the show also manages to include an interview with the lovely Beth Orton; political commentary with Jennifer Curtin; crate dives from Troy and the folk at Southbound; some drooling from Producer Sarah and some swearing from Top Ten Pearl. It's a corker.
This week on The Green Desk we have a special episode on the state of Wellington, recorded inside Parliament’s cafe with the Spinoff Wellington Editor Joel MacManus. He talks about infrastructure, cycleways and tunnels.
If you’ve read the news in the past month, the capital is being buffeted by gnarly headwinds. Not off the Cook Straight but rather from pesky employees working from home. Journalists talking to retail operators and cafe owners have painted a bleak picture of the city. But are sunny days ahead for Wellington?
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