Checkpoint for Tuesday 18 August 2020

5:09 PM.Authorities are scrambling to get to the bottom of a new case of Covid-19, that's not connected to the known cluster in Auckland.

A maintenance worker at at the Rydges Hotel managed isolation… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The government has backtracked on plans to urgently test every single person who had come into the Ports of Auckland for Covid-19.

Last week the Ministry of Health issued a mandatory testing order… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.New Zealand's pandemic response has been called out by none other than US president Donald Trump in a bizarre speech.

Speaking in Minnesota, the leader of the free world described the South Auckland… Read more Audio

5:21 PM.Some residents in northern Waikato are being forced to break Covid-19 border restrictions in order to buy food at a supermarket.

The rural townships of Otaua and Aka Aka are surrounded in the south… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.While there were queues heading into Auckland today from the south, north of Auckland there were no queues at all.

We sent reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro to see how nearby towns… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has revealed a security guard posted an image on a private Snapchat group that contained the names, room numbers and arrival and departure dates of… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:50 PM.A secure dementia facility tried to stop the Chief Ombudsman inspecting their operation during the covid lockdown, despite him having the legal right too.

The Ombudsman's office scrutinised six… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.The Democrats in the US have kicked off their National Convention, albeit online, as the party officially nominates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their candidates for the White House. Read more Audio

6:07 PM.A First Security guard at a managed isolation facility has been suspended after a privacy breach at the weekend.

The guard, who was on shift at Auckland's Sheraton Four Points Hotel, sent a snapchat… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.With the election delayed MPs unexpectedly found themselves back at Parliament and National took full opportunity to challenge the government over border controls and testing.

Senior ministers… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.Auckland teachers and principals are divided over whether to bring some of their Year 12 and 13 students back to class.

Some principals feel blindsided by the government's decision to let them reopen… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.Child sex offender Phillip John Smith is accusing the government of unlawfully bringing him back to New Zealand after his audacious overseas escape.

Smith skipped the country in November 2014 and… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.Established All Blacks, fringe players and in-form talent have all been included in the squads for the upcoming North versus South rugby match.

After weeks of debate, the All Blacks selectors today… Read more Audio