citizens, and we're sending them back to new zealand. these are all areas where there's room to give on the domestic front in return for some move on the international front. now is imposing new restrictions on a bid to curve the spread of a new cove at 19 variant hotels in city will, in full social distancing measures for 15 days. starting on monday. people won't be allowed to leave home unless necessary and gatherings will be limited to 10 or fewer. the new varian detected in vietnam is believed to spread quicker than previous strains. france's 1st concert since the pandemic began as been held in paris. ah, 5000 people had to present the negative p. c r test and where mosques to attend the show organizes one to see how well they can prevent the virus from spreading at large events. similar concerts have been held in other countries, including the netherlands, fain, unit schools and universities in 16 provinces. enough, again, this time have closed for 2 weeks to curb the spread of virus there. the health ministry reported nearly a 1000

whereas for new zealand, angela has a different approach. it doesn't want to end up with a shell has not been i think paging may being pined to differentiate between between charlotte and human. and just to show that you know that there is how it matters how you manage the relationship. the different approaches that you adopt. adam, me. thank you very much for talking to us about this. thank you for your insight. no worries. west african leaders are expected to meet in ghana later sunday to discuss the political crisis in molly, the colonel behind a recent military coup has been named in term president as amy, going to replace his bon dow who was arrested and then released on thursday only after he agreed to resign nicholas hot creek for somebody called in the bank street downtown by miko. a booming and eliza trade in called young men risk their health using poisonous chemicals to purify. $16000.00 worth of gold. the job earned them around $2.00 a day. the gold bar will be sold on the international market, explains this trader who wants to r

these fall acrimonious then in new zealand. the china debate that is in this shot gun has adopted a much more hotline approach than the new zealand government has adopted so far. wellington has really worked a fine line trying to balance human rights concerned with economic interests. in essence, new zealand doesn't really want to end up way. australia has enough in a sport what has been economically punished by by china or we had this idea that new zealand has, has been soft on china, but in fact. and newland government has spoken out against human rights abuses, expressive concerns in hong kong and asia. john, for example, it's just that it's chosen a different approach to do so. australia, for example, has done it in the context of the 5 elegance alliance with u. k, a u. s. u k. canada way as a way, as for new zealand has all the out of these joint statements instead has, should it's separate statements of consent. right? so for that it's, it's a bit of critism from australian us politicians accommodate is in particular. but

and his accused new zealand of not being tough enough on of being too soft on china when it comes to issues like human rights and security, alleging that new zealand is favoring its own trade relationship with china. instead of backing its traditional security and intelligence sharing allies like australia and the united states, but in a late move that will probably ease tensions between australia and new zealand. new sealant has decided to beg, can breath in its dispute at the world trade organization over 80 percent tariffs that china placed on imports of australian barley. now that move was seen as retaliation for australia's backing all the coal for an international inquiry into the origins of the cova 900 pandemic. both countries have taken a different approach in their dealings with china. australia's relations have deteriorated with high level economic talks with aging now suspended indefinitely. australia was a major voice in pushing for an independent investigation into the origins of the core of our span. demik. china hit back with tires on australia and import australia ev

he says, new zealand challenges china, but it's reluctant to do so collectively with its allies. i think that about the similarities end divisions. many folks in both country recognize the complexity and the balancing at that requires to navigate the respective relationship with china. i think the difference is that for stella, the devaney is far more acrimonious than in your deal. trying to debate that is showing government has adopted a much more hotline approach than, than using government has adopted. wellington has really worked the phone lines on balance, human rights concerned with economic interests. in essence, new zealand doesn't really want to and up way australia has an up in a spot where it has been economically punished by, by china. or we have this idea that new zealand has, has been soft on china, but in fact, in leland government has spoken out against human rights abuses in express its concerns in hong kong and asia. john, for example, it's just that it's chosen a different approach to do. so. australia, for example, has done it in the context of the 5 by intell

so coming up, the leaders of australia, new zealand, meet for the 1st time since the pandemic relations with china, likely to dominate or west african leaders invite molly's intern, president and coolie. the for crisis talks, making the switch how one of the world's most polluted cities is trying to clean up . in fact, with the help of electric vehicle. ah, the president of the democratic republic of congo says the situation is serious, but under control, days after the option of africa, the most active volcano, at least 400000 people who have and in their homes, fearing a 2nd option. malcolm webb has the latest from goma people his last, everything salvage, what they can from the pile of smouldering hot rocks. a few days ago, this was a river of lava. it came, gushing out his mountain. you are gone days africa's most active volcano into the city of goma, in the democratic republic of congo. no, this is the largest. samuel kimberly's neighbourhood is gone. his house caught fire before it was engulfed. all that's left to the charred remains of a tree. he once planted to mark his land lev

ready new zealand is the workers and provide more assistance for new zealanders in the social security system. in australia. there's also the issue of the day port taishan of convicted criminals through the prison sentences through our new zealand citizen. and we're sending them back to new zealand. these are all areas where there's room to give on the domestic front in return for some move on the international front. well those will be some interesting talks and we'll be watching them here on out of their dentist, shanahan. and then the national editor of the a straight in. great to get your insights here on out there. thanks for being with us. thomas. thank you. now us president joe biden has unveiled his fast major budget, increasing federal spending to 6 trillion dollars. that plan aims to provide billions for roads and bridges, education, and measures to combat climate change. it also includes a number of social spending initiatives for the poor and middle classes. the big price tag will be partially covered by an increase and taxes on the rich and big business. meanwhile, republi

then a being sent to new zealand. that's been happening for a long time. and it's something new zealand government once brought to an end, again, just to roger and mentioned in that media conference that she left the australian prime minister in no doubt as to how her government feels about the issue. but there is no sign that there's going to be any change to that policy in the near future. and what chance when that new zealand will now have problems with china given it's changed, it's dancing, backing australia at the w t. o. yes, i think that's a concern. the short answer is probably not in terms of them facing any sort of punishment for backing australia. this relates to 80 percent tariffs that china has placed on the import of australian barley effectively crippling all exports is trailing bali to china. the implication here is that china did it in retaliation to australia, criticizing or raising issues like the origins of the current of iris pandemic. and how transparent or not china has been about that. so it's

and we're sending them back to new zealand. these are all areas where there's room to give on the domestic front in return for some move on the international front. republicans in the us senate have blocked an inquiry in the january 6 attack on capitol hill by a mob of donald trump. supportive democrats and some moderate republicans. and wanted to set up an independent commission to look into the riot. 54 sentences voted in favor. i was short of the 60 needed to advance from legislation. why cannot, has more from washington d. c. the senate speak chuck schumer, making very clear off to that vote that he reserve the right to bring it back to the senate. now, one must remember that it was passed very handsomely in the house, but now not getting passage, and the senate told bo would achieve the majority vote. it did not get that 60 boat level that was needed for it to become part of legislation about the democrats like human, are not going to give up. he, along with a few republicans, is still intent on getting some form of legisl

and we're sending them back to new zealand. these are all areas where there's room to give on the domestic front, in return for some move on the international front. the remains of $215.00 indigenous children have been found at the size of a former boarding school in british columbia. am prime minister justin true is called the discovery hot breaking into our gates and b has more these are some of the 150000 indigenous children who attended so called residential schools in canada . between the 18 forties and 19 nineties, many were forcibly taken from their parents and there was widespread abuse. some lived here at the kamloops indian residential school in british columbia, where the remains of 215 children have just been discovered. some of the children who died were as young as 3. there's nothing more painful in life and the child. my heartbreaks today thinking of all the loving parents who never saw their children return home and who were never granted the dignity of knowing what happened. it's a discovery that canada's prime

new zealand hasn't signed a couple of those statements and that led to some of this criticism that new zealand is being too soft. in reality, it has leveled a lot of criticism at china for some of those very issues, either by itself or on a multilateral or bilateral cases, a basis in some cases with australia when, hey, they're following that visit for us from tower under new zealand. thank you. when one out candidates in paris polarized presidential election race have been squaring off in a televised debate this evening. a week ahead of the run offered their opponents of petrocca fear, fear that his socialist policies will hurt the economy while critics of conservative contender cake or food more associated with corruption from her father was president. marina sanchez has the latest from the previous capital, lima. well, i think this is the most watched debate probably in peruse history, because this is a country that is deeply polarized between the extreme left and the dream. right. and because these 2 candidates got very, very small margin of approval in the 1st round, huge 80 perce

policy with proportionately affects new zealanders. dennis shanahan is nationalized to be a strain in newspaper. he suggest camera would ease the immigration policy. targeting the zealand is if just in the town was more supportive of australia. strayer has taken a strongest stand against china's aggression in the area and has also suffered much more of the pressure from china. we've had bands on, on bali and wine sea food and coal, of course. and we have been taken to the w t o on the issue of the folly exports. now, new zealand has being much less affected and much more likely to call on the side of publicly to take a soft line towards china. the view in australia is that we can't afford to do that, and i don't want a gap to appear between a strayer and zealand because of chinese pressure. the trend has been migration is one area where new zealand could actually get something out of this. in turn turned around and said that they would support stria the reason room for strive to provide for more transit between the strider and new zeala

these unusual and citizens who have spent time in jail in australia and then sent back to new zealand. despite the fact that on many occasions they left zealand a very young age. when they, they were children and have a little or no connection to new zealand. now, that's the policy that continues today, and one that just send a ride to and won't stop. so that is a source of tension. but i think publicly, when these 2 lead is from the media later this afternoon, the approach will be to focus mainly on cove 19 how to respond in a joint fashion towards the pandemic and recover from it. but yes, there are underlying tensions. one of the main ones being relations between the 2 countries in china. what is behind the different approaches here to china away? well, straightly ledges that new zealand is being too soft on china that it is favoring its own trade relationship with beijing instead of siding with its traditional allies like australia when it comes to some sensitive issues like the origins of the curve at 19 pandemic. and how transparent or not china was around that, like the politic

before this meeting between australian prime minister scott morrison and his new zealand counterpart, jacinta durn, there was much talk about tensions between the 2 leaders, particularly when it comes to relations with china. the implication was that new zealand had sold out that it was being too soft on beijing when it comes to issues like human rights favoring its own trade relationship with china instead of supporting its traditional allies like australia. but after the meeting in queenstown, both leaders rejected that accusation. north point and now discussions today was due to take any difference in our relative positions on the importance of maintaining a very strong and principle perspective on issues around trade on issues around human rights. and you'll see that as trailer in new zealand, he broadly been positioned in exactly the same place on these issues consistently, as great partners, friends, allies in the family. there will be those far from here who would, who would seek to devices and they will not succeed. because as we've stated resolutely together for the values an

showing the united front on china, the leaders of straightly a new zealand try time out. the differences. ah, a new coalition is taking shape in israel. i could see the longest serving prime minister and israeli history. well, that would mean by doing that in yahoo and is the could party will be out of government for the 1st time in 12 years. now, diplomatic editor james bass reports from west jerusalem. this is the man who now looks lightly to become israel's next prime minister on the right of his railey politics. naphtali bennett of 49 year old self made millionaire here campaigning in israel's 4th election in 2 years. now. the opposition leader? yeah. le pete, who centrist party, actually did better than bennett's in the poll, has been trying to form a coalition. ben, it was seen as the king maker, but as part of the deal he looks now. light is also become the king serving 1st as prime minister before rotating with repeat his views on palestinians of forthright . his openly opposed to a 2 state solution and in favor of further settlement building. these were his commen

new zealand is prime minister, just send it down in queenstown last time. the match was in february last year. long time out, eyes are expected to discuss their approach to relations with china, as well as a straight deportation policies with zealand says disproportionately affected wayne, he has more from tiling up and using. and coven 19 will. of course, dominate this visit by australian prime minister scott morrison to new zealand when he will meet with his counterpart, jacinta and the to lead is very proud of the trans tasman quarantine free travel bubble that is up and running between the 2 countries. although a new outbreak in the australian state of victoria meant that scott morrison and his entourage had to have free departure cove at 19 case. the venue is also very symbolic. the tourist hotspot of queenstown, very eager to attract as many australian tourists as possible for the upcoming winter ski season away from coven 19. though there are many other serious issues to discuss. and some tensions between the 2 countries. the main one being relations

new zealand gets tough on china putting trade relations at stake with its biggest business one spot the shift and the asian pacific the global giant. just a dream most women aiming for top managerial companies in germany what's holding them back. and it takes me around for a decade now the countdown is on to the 1st flight in a real environment for a new way of getting to work. business career suicide or is little new zealand standing up to trading giant china going to spark a revolution smaller asian nations are closely watching as prime minister. makes a major policy shift that could make things a little uneasy. when it was time to condemn china's crackdown on the democracy movement in hong kong and its treatment of its minority muslim population in new zealand has been reluctant to sign up to statements from its 5 eyes alliance partners the center left government even suggested its partners were not showing enough respect for china new zealand's biggest trading partner and urged australia to be more cautious in their wording when dealing with the chinese government this prompted an o

morning temperatures, sub 0, k, often new zealand rate. now, and we know we knew that this system would be pretty bad when a red alert was issued. so we've seen a 128 millimeters of rain in christ church over the past 24 hours liquid. it's due and these are the scenes in the canterbury region, widespread flooding as a result of just how much rain we have seen in this area over the last few days. but the good news is by tuesday, most of that rain starts to pip it out and we've got a high of 11 degrees in christ church on tuesday. the, the in the next episode of science in the golden age, i'll be exploring the contributions made by scholars during the medieval period in the field of astronomy. copernicus owes this day to these medieval astronomers from the golden age. actually in many ways with the computers of the day, you can use it to find the time you could navigate science in a golden age with jimmy kelly on jesse oh, a welcome back time. to recap our headlines now. the chinese state media is reporting the government is relaxing, is fam

having said that, the new zealand foreign minister, and then i'm a who to did say recently in an interview that you zealand exporters really needed to start diversifying because of the problems that were now existing between australia and china. and the danger that those problems could engulf new zealand as well. ok when manufacture 20th that from new zealand. a shooting in florida has left at least 2 people dead and more than 20 injured. 3 suspects of gunman open fire in the early hours of sunday morning. in miami. police say they jumped out of a call with a soul, trifles, and pistols and fight at random into a crowd of concert goers and gallagher reports from miami police, a cooling this, a targeted and cowardly act of gun violence. investigators say 3 people reportedly armed with assault rifles and pistols, stepped out of a car and began firing indiscriminately into a crowd gathered to see a wrap concert. these yellow mar because an indication of how many rounds were fired. 2 died on the scene and at least 20 people were injured some severely. what daughter ended up inside the mill, it

to the different approaches towards china. petroleum prime minister has got morrison in new zealand for his 1st formal face to face the counter with just enjoy. then since the pandemic he's zealand has been criticized for being too soft on china, was camera has spoken out and faces trade sanctions from beijing point. and now discussion today was to take the difference in our relative position on the importance of maintaining a very strong and principle perspective on issues around fried on issues around human rights. and you see that a straight or any human and bullying position to be the same place on these issues as right now, the family will. ready be far from here to sit, to devise and i will not succeed. because as we step resolutely together for the values and principles to describe for and that will continue to be the case successfully as we've always. ready done wayne hey, has moved from toronto in new zealand. so much of the rhetoric leading up to this meeting in queenstown was, as you mentioned, centered around the apparent different views or different approaches when it co

showing a united front on china, the leaders of astray, leah and new zealand tried to i'm out lead differences and latin america wrestles with when to resume some of its most popular but least socially distance activities. ah, a new coalition is taking shape in israel and it could on see the longest serving prime minister in israeli history. that would mean, but, you mean nathan? yeah. how is the could policy will be out of government for the 1st time in 12 years. our diplomatic at the james bays, reports from west jerusalem. this is the man who now looks lightly to become israel's next prime minister on the right of his railey politics. naphtali bennett of 49 year old self made millionaire here campaigning in israel's 4th election in 2 years. now, the opposition leader? yeah. le pete, who centrist party actually did better than bennett's in the poll, has been trying to form a coalition. been it was seen as the king maker, but as part of the deal, he looks now like you also become the king serving 1st as prime minister before rotating with le peed. his views on palestinians of forthright his o

some experts believe new zealand needs to rethink what housing means. we have new housing, very much of the commodities. that's something that can be bought, sold, traded the seat of a social good when we think about house. and we really need to start thinking about housing. is something that's critical for people's well being for people to function for people to thrive on communities. if the treasury is predicting a shop slow down in price growth, but at the moment the only people who appear to be thriving, those already on the property lead up $1900000.00, appreciate the offerings. so welcome in wayne. hey, al jazeera oakland. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, families in gaza returning home as a ceasefire between israel and palestinian militants. appears to be holding. humanitarian aid has begun to arrive into the.

and industry. benito, australia, and new zealand have down play, talk of tension over. they're deferring approaches to china. prime minister's comp morrison is in new zealand for his 1st formal face to face encounter with just in the audra. and since the pandemic and government has been criticized for being too soft on china, while camber has spoken out and faces straight sanctions from beijing. when he has more from towel rango before this meeting between australia and prime minister scott morrison and his new zealand county, jacinta dern, there was much talk about tensions between the 2 leaders, particularly when it comes to relations with china. the implication was that new zealand had sold out that it was being too soft on beijing when it comes to issues like human rights favoring its own trade relationship with china instead of supporting its traditional allies like australia. but after the meeting in queenstown, both leaders rejected that accusation. north point and now discussion today was, did i to take the difference in our relative positions on the importance

now been in custody in the for a week. australian prime minister scott morrison has arrived in new zealand. it's his 1st overseas trip. since the pandemic began, he's meeting new seasons. prime minister just are done in queens, then the last time they met was in february, last year. long time allies are expected to discuss their approach to relations with china. is what is straight is deportation policies which new zealand says this proportion the affects them. dennis, shanghai is the national editor of the australian newspaper. he suggests australia could eas, immigration policies if just send or done supports it's, it's disputes with china. freya has taken the strongest stand against china's aggression in the area and has also suffered much more of the pressure from china. we've had bands on, on bali, wine sea food and coal of course, and we have been taken to the w t o on the issue of the folly exports. now, new zealand has being much less affected and much more likely to call on the side of publicly to take a soft line towards china. the view in australia is that we can't afford to do

shery: the new zealand deputy prime minister grant robertson there. the asian trading day with sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. global air travel ticked up this weekend it seems that with vaccinations in north america, recovery strong, what is the out look for asia? sophie: inoculation campaigns in asia have been slow, much more so than the u.s. and europe, and with the risk of deadly mutations delaying the reopening of international travel, bloomberg says related sectors beyond japan and china will endure tremendous stress this year, airlines, hotels, lodging and more. airlines already had a tough 2020 as leverage ratios deteriorated and drove the need for equity injections. bloomberg intelligence cautions companies unable to raise capital may need restructuring. the hotel and lodging sector's liquidity is being put to the test, especially companies with weaker financials in countries that are highly exposed tourism, like thailand. shery: morgan stanley ceo james gorman unveiled his biggest leadership shakeup in more than a decade, positioning a small

new zealand make new — tourism care new zealand make new — tourism more environmentally responsible asens its travel bubble with australia? hello and welcome. the deadly conflict between israeli forces and palestinians has continued overnight. palestinian militants fired more rockets into israel in response to heavy israeli air strikes in the densely populated gaza city. 67 palestinians and seven israelis have been killed since the violence flared this week. courtney bembridge has this report, and a warning there are some flashing images. it was another night explosions in gaza city as heavy is airstrikes and palestinian rocket fire continued. in the west bank, palestinians threw stones at israeli forces and were met with bullets. in the tel aviv suburb of lod, palestinian protesters torched a synagogue and confronted motorist. a synagogue and confronted motorist-— a synagogue and confronted motorist. �* ,, �* , a synagogue and confronted motorist. �* ,, ~ , ., motorist. translation: they had motorist. translation: they had m accent motorist. translation: they had my accent was _ motor

neighbours reunited: the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15onths after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. and britian�*s prime minister borisjohnson hello and welcome to bbc news. chelsea fans are celebrating after their team won the champions league final in porto. they beat fellow english side and premier league champions manchester city in a one—nil victory after seven tense minutes of injury time — to pick up their second european cup. more than 16,000 supporters were allowed into the stadium in portugal — after the venue was switched from turkey — because of covid—19. tim allman watched the action. champions, champions of europe! victory is always sweet, even when there's a pandemic on. only a few thousand chelsea fans were able to savour their team's win first—hand, but not one of them was complaining. wonderful. fantastic, fantastic. we just can't believe it. beginning of the season, we'd never have thought this. we're exhausted but we're overjoyed. just delighted. ecstatic! - unbelievable! there's no

new zealand house prices of shut up 20 percent. now the government is paying a $1000000.00 a day to house the homeless and motels. we'd have reports from oakland and the 1st of our 4 part series on the rising cost of housing. i sell it to welcome to freemans by $2400000.00. another quick successful auction results in another high price sale in new zealand largest city oakland were looking for probably 45 months. it's pretty crazy. prices have gone up a lot in the last sort of 6 months or so. so i was trying to get a handle on where prices are, it was probably the, the 1st part of the l journey. in fact, those prices have searched more than 20 percent in the last year. among the 37 nations that make up the organization for economic cooperation and development or a cd new zealand has the most affordable housing markets. the new zealand government has taken steps to cool the market, but there were limits to how far it will go. because a strong boy and property sector is good for the economy and in the middle of a global pandemic. when

from queenstown new zealand, the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil reports. yelling. of dramatic scenery, adrenaline rush, and a whole lot of cold water. yeah! it's fairly busy here today because of school holidays — which is a welcome change — but still, nothing like it was before covid—i9 hit. pre—pandemic, operators ran eight boat rides an hour. this past year, it was down to only one. don't start sticking your arms out the side of the boat, it's not good... in this tourist town, some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. 0thers got by, relying on locals. we went from a business that was very accustomed to taking 1,200 people a day, having a lot of people on the ground to do that, to suddenly having to really enjoy the fact that we might have 200 in a day. before the pandemic, there were worries new zealand was getting too popular, risking the pristine environment which so many came to see. now, there are calls to use this lull as a chance to curb tourism's heavy carbon footprint. proposals presented to the government include lim

new zealand looks at how it can make tourism more environmentally reponsible as it re—opens its travelnce of the appalling news from rome this afternoon that, as an italian television commentator put it, terrorism had come to the vatican. the man they call the butcher of lyon, klaus barbie, went on trial today in the french town where he was the gestapo chief in the second world war. winnie mandela never looked like a woman just sentenced to six years injail. the judge told mrs mandela there was no indication she felt even the slightest remorse. the chinese government has called for an all—out - effort to help the victimsl of a powerful earthquake. the worst to hit the i country for 30 years. the computer deep blue has tonight triumphed over the world chess champion garry kasparov. it's the first time a machine has defeated a reigning world champion in a classical chess match. america's first legal same—sex marriages have been taking place in massachusetts. god bless america! cheering. this is bbc news — the latest headlines... for a second straight day — a tower block in gaza is destr

for countries like new zealand and australia. covid elimination his.he whole population starting with the border workers, they have all taken a bit longer because the requirements of that nation are not as urgent. people are not dying every day here. it does mean the vaccine is more available for countries who are left for death at the moment. basically, it is quite sound position. practically, is working well. new zealand and australia opened up quarantine free travel between us and we will reopen in the future as we vaccinate our populations. haidi: does the levels of vaccine hesitancy i saw a recent study saying that up to one third of people surveyed saying that they are unwilling or uncomfortable with taking a vaccine. does that in addition to the vaccine arbitrage i don't want this one i want that one doesn't have the risk of blood clots, does that concern you? >> i am not particularly concerned about that. we will see this go down as the vaccine rollout continues. i think the problem around the globe, but i don't think it's going to be more of a

new zealand seeing a down side of six tens percent. ng from the rbnz warning of new tools to curb excessive price growth in new zealand in real estate. tech dragged down momentum when street.s to trading on wall coming up next, we'll be hearing from the sk council about how the sk group is incorporating priorities across investing decisions. plus, will be getting pmi data out of hong kong and singapore. we'll bring you those numbers and a broad indicator of how the economic recovery is going. this is bloomberg. ♪ wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. over the next 10 years, comcast is committing $1 billion to reach 50 million low-income americans with the tools and resources they need to be ready for anything. i hope you're ready. 'cause we are. ♪ haidi: breaking news out of

some experts believe new zealand needs to rethink what housing means. we have the housing very much of the commodities. that's something that can be bought, sold, traded the seat of a sexual good. when we think about how so we really need to start thinking about housing as something that's critical for people's well being. for people to function for people to thrive and communities. the treasury is predicting a shop slowed down in price growth, but at the moment the only people who appear to be thriving, those already on the property lead up $1900000.00 appreciate the offering. so welcoming wayne. hey, al jazeera oakland on sunday in the 2nd part of our series, we take a look at housing and night, cheerier. while some struggle to put food on the table, the capital, and seeing a boom in the luxury home mark. ah, you're watching on there with me. so robin, the reminder of our top stories, thousands of palestinians in garza a returning to what's left of their homes after 11 days of israeli bombardment, counselor officials, they, the violence will cost a $1

adrian orr, governor of the reserve bank of new zealand joins us.at to have you back to talk about policy and what is going on. thank you for joining us? adrian: it's a privilege, thank you. kathleen: the privileges hours. you reinserted your forward guidance, your projection for the official cash rate, and as you did so, you took the opportunity to say it is possible that the first rate hike could come by september of next year. why now? what was driving this decision? were you trying to make sure the markets were on the same page as the rbnz? adrian: we are always doing our very best to provide some guidance, some forward-looking markers for the public to be able to see, including financial markets, around how we see the economy unfolding, and hence, conditional on all of that, what we may need to do regarding monetary policy. so, yes, we have become confident around a central projection, and that projection is one where we see inflation pressures finally, i would say, normalizing, and one where we hopefully can be normalizing the level of interes

some experts believe new zealand needs to rethink what housing means. we have new housing, very much as a commodity. that's something that can be bought, sold, traded the seat of a social good. when we think about how do we really need to start thinking about housing? is something that's critical for people well being for people to function for people to thrive on communities. the treasury is predicting a shop slowed down in price growth, but at the moment the only people who appeared to be thriving, those already on the property lead up $1900000.00 appreciate the offerings so welcoming wayne. hey, al jazeera, oakland, holly and bailey is a global head of research at night. frank, i global real estate consultancy firm, and he explains just why house prices are increasing. despite this pandemic, as price arising quite rapidly at the moment. i think the, the biggest driver behind the price rises as being cuts to interest rates so that the cost of money has fallen. that does create risks around affordability in the longer term there any kind of difference i

some experts believe new zealand needs to rethink what housing means. we have the housing very much of the commodities. that's something that can be bought, sold, traded a seat of a social good. when we think about how we really need to start thinking about housing as something that's critical for people's well being. for people to function for people to thrive and communities. the treasury is predicting a shop slow down in price growth, but at the moment the only people who appear to be thriving, those already on the property lead up $1900000.00 appreciate the offerings so welcoming wayne. hey, al jazeera oakland on sunday, the 2nd part of our series, we're going to look at housing in nigeria or some struggle to put food on the table, the capital, the seeing of boom and the luxury home market. ah, this is all just these are the help stories, families in gaza returning home as a seas far between israel and palestinian militants, appears to be holding humanitarian aid is now beginning to enter the israeli blockaded. unc.

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new zealand is still struggling to get inflation above 2%. gdp growth and inflation figures were weaker than the forecast in february. but there are signs of an awkward change soon, particularly looking at the unemployment program. that happened two years ahead of projections. of course, commodity prices surging. that is also putting pressure on the new zealand dollar, which will be something for them to consider if they are pondering scaling back asset purchases. in terms of the large-scale asset purchase program, they are willing to buy up to 100 billion in new zealand government bonds. the last was in april, 55 billion right now. a discussion on the future, talking about talking about it, hasn't happened today. shery: we know inflation has been well below the rba's target. >> the evidence here also suggests anecdotally that it could be changing if the jobs numbers are any guide. we did have the last unemployment read of 5.6% in march. that came off the back of the end of the government's job keeper program, the wage subsidy scheme. there i

new zealand was receiving almost 4 million visitors a year.last year, the number of overseas tourists dropped to almost zero overnight. now there's excitement about the recently—opened travel bubble with australia, its biggest market. but some say it's the perfect moment to rethink how tourism can be made more environmentally responsible. shaimaa khalil reports from queenstown. screaming it's the kind of high—octane adventure new zealand is famous for: a mix of dramatic scenery, adrenaline rush, and a whole lot of cold water. yeah! it's fairly busy here today because of school holidays, which is a welcome change, but still, nothing like it was before covid—19 hit. pre—pandemic, operators ran eight boat rides an hour. this past year, it was down to only one. don't start sticking your arms out the side of the boat, in this tourist town, some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. 0thers got by, relying on locals. we went from a business that was very accustomed to taking 1,200 people a day, having a lot of peop

some experts believe new zealand needs to rethink what housing means. we have your housing very much with a commodity. that's something that can be sold, traded the seat of a social good when we think about house. and we really need to stop thinking about housing is something that's critical for people's well being for people to function for people to thrive on communities. the treasury is predicting a shop slow down in price growth, but at the moment the only people who appear to be thriving, those already on the property lead up $1900000.00 appreciate the offerings so welcoming wayne hey al jazeera oakland are joining us to talk more about the surgeon house prices is liam bailey. he's the global head of research at night. frank, it's a global real estate consultancy firm. he's joining us by skype from london is good to have you with us on all to 0. first thing that occurred to me going by wins report was the fact that he said that a lot of this was being funded by cheap money. do you think there's a risk that we're going to see that people are taking

it is the kind of high octane adventure in new zealand is famous for.it is fairly busy here today because of school holidays, which is a welcome change, but still nothing like it was before covid—19 hit. pre—pandemic, operators ran eight boat rides and our. eight boat rides an hour. this past year, it was down to only one. in this tourist town, some operators have gone out of business since the country closed its borders. others got by relying on locals. we went from a business that was very accustomed to taking 1200 people a day, having a lot of people on the ground to do that, to suddenly having to really enjoy the fact that we might have 200. before the pandemic, there were worries new zealand was getting too popular. risking the pristine environment which so many came to see. now there are calls to use this lull is a chance to curb tourism's heavy carbon footprint. proposals presented to the government include limiting visitor numbers and a departure tax to help offset tourism's climate impact. it is a difficult prospect for an industry that has suf