Checkpoint for Thursday 20 August 2020

5:07 PM.There has been a mass exodus from the Canterbury District Health Board with two more resignations from the executive team this morning, taking the total number to seven.

Dozens of masked health… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.It has been revealed the maintenance worker at the Rydges Hotel isolation facility who contracted Covid 19 used a lift just minutes after a guest who later tested positive for the same strain.

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5:16 PM.No negative Covid test, no entry, no exemptions and no excuses under the National Party announcement today, which would stop anyone coming into the country who had tested positive for Covid-19.

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5:21 PM.Health officials have yet to confirm whether a third strain of the coronavirus could be circulating in the community, with two cases still under investigation.

The Director General of Health says… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:40 PM.Covid-19 has meant a hard landing for Auckland Airport with an after tax drop in profits of 63 percent for the year.

The pandemic has all but grounded the aviation industry, meaning the airport has… Read more Audio

5:48 PM.Some Auckland schools have re-opened to Year 12 and 13 students today.

The Ministry of Education agreed to allow senior students back, as long as they stay in bubbles of 20 and observe social… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Queenstown Lakes residents have slammed Aurora Energy plan's to hike power prices, calling the power company untrustworthy, unreliable and even incompetent.

The company has applied to the Commerce… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.National is promising a dedicated Border Protection Agency to oversee and manage Covid-19, and any public health threats at the border if the party is elected into government. Read more Audio

6:19 PM.A key part of National's plan would be a requirement for people to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test before flying to New Zealand.

So what do voters think of that? Checkpoint reporter Logan… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.The third round of wage subsidies is leaving chain stores with Auckland branches out in the cold because of the devil in the qualifying detail according to Retail NZ.

Businesses that have or will… Read more Audio