The Country - Shortage edition
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Today on The Country, Jamie Mackay and Agriculture Minister Damien O Connor disagreed on the cause of the worker shortage in the primary industries.
On with the show:
Damien O Connor:
The gloves came off with the Minister of Agriculture. Whose fault was it that we don t have enough labour to keep the wheels of industry turning in the primary sector? The interviewee blamed the interviewer.
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Miles Hurrell:
Fonterra s chief executive commented on last night s steady-as-she-goes GDT auction, the prospects for the 21/22 milk forecast, and whether the proposed capital restructure was a case of the cure being worse than the disease.
May 18, 2021
Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today released
updated guidance about mask and physical distancing requirements for individuals fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Under the updated guidance, people who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to wear a mask indoors, in most public settings where vaccination status is checked. In public settings where vaccination status is not checked, masks will still be required. Finally, businesses and venue operators remain free to establish their own, more restrictive policies regarding mask usage.
In addition to exempting people who are fully vaccinated from mask requirements in most indoor settings, OHA health experts announced that mask requirements no longer apply to anyone who is outdoors. However, OHA recommends that individuals continue to wear a mask or face covering in crowded areas and large gatherings (such as sporting events), and to maintain physical distance as much as possible. OHA urges unvaccinated individu
Waikato DHB cyber attack: Surgeries cancelled, rural hospitals closed to outpatients
18 May, 2021 10:30 PM
4 minutes to read
Almost 30 surgeries have been cancelled at Waikato Hospital today after a cyber attack took its entire IT system offline. Photo / Alan Gibson
Almost 30 surgeries have been cancelled at Waikato Hospital today after a cyber attack took its entire IT system offline. Photo / Alan Gibson
NZ Herald
Almost 30 operations due to take place at Waikato Hospital today and all outpatient clinics at outlying rural hospitals have been scrapped after a cyber attack crippled the DHB s entire IT system.
The Waikato DHB is scrambling to restore its IT system after the attack shut it down yesterday, suspending emails, phone lines and limiting access to patient files.
Two in two weeks: Mount Maunganui beachfront sales over $5.6m
19 May, 2021 06:00 AM
3 minutes to read
449A Oceanbeach Road was sold for $5.6million under the hammer. Photo/ Supplied
NZ Herald
A stunning near new house on the beach at Mount Maunganui sold today for $5.6 million.
It was one of six properties in the Mount, Pāpāmoa and nearby countryside that sold under the hammer for a total value of $12m, and the second to sell for more than $5 million in a fortnight.
The luxurious four-bedroom beachfront home at 449A Oceanbeach Rd, Mount Maunganui, sold to expats for a whopping $1.9m above the rating valuation.