Checkpoint for Monday 27 July 2020

5:07 PM.National leader Judith Collins was on a mission to put the bruising Newshub Reid Research poll behind her today.

She was in campaign mode in Palmerston North - speaking to the public, and… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.The government has announced a $51 million recovery plan for international education providers - to help cushion the blow dealt by Covid-19.

The sector's been crying out for help because it's missing… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM."He has shattered our dreams" - just one of the harrowing victim impact statements read out today as New Zealand's first convicted slave master was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Sixty-six-year-old… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The government has asked South Korea to do a second Covid-19 test on a person who tested positive after arriving from New Zealand last week.

The person arrived last week after transiting via… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.The public gallery was packed for the first day of a judicial review about whether the country was put into level four lockdown lawfully.

The lawyer Andrew Borrowdale is bringing a judicial review… Read more Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Fiordland is facing up to 40 percent unemployment with many tourism business saying they're unsure about their future.

This year the region has been hit by severe flooding that cut access to Milford… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The fight to stop a major international company from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatāne has reached the High Court.

Ngāti Awa is appealing the Bay of… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Whānau Māori who are going through the family court say they're being ignored by judges, and left to navigate a confusing system without support.

The experiences of 36 people - ranging from parents… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.An international security expert is criticising Canterbury University over its partnership with a Chinese institute which is closely linked to the military.

In 2018, the University signed an… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.A large number of National Party MPs could be looking for work after September 19, based on current poll results. If the election was today, the so-called team of 55 could lose about 23 players.

The… Read more Video, Audio