Checkpoint for Thursday 4 February 2021

5:15 PM.Another person linked to the Pullman Hotel outbreak has tested positive for Covid-19. The new case is the mother of the child who tested positive with the South African strain of the virus last week.

5:07 PM.Residents in the two east Otago towns affected by the water issue will be offered blood tests from next week.

Authorities are still trying to pin down the source of the elevated lead levels in the… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.The man accused of running onto Trentham raceway during a Wellington Cup event on Saturday has appeared in court.

24-year-old Justin Bergman appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this morning.

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5:21 PM.The Prime Minister has delivered her fourth speech from the mahau at Waitangi today, acknowledging the government's challenges of the past year but also using the forum to announce a new public… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.To Australia, where residents of Victoria are once again living under restrictions, after an Australian Open quarantine hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19.

Authorities are 'assuming the worst'… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6228970884001 Video, Audio

5:41 PM.Car owners are waiting weeks - even months - to get back on the road after serious prangs because of lengthy delays in getting parts in.

It's causing a traffic jam for local panel beaters. 

Our… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.The oat industry is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of oat milk - with plans to build a plant-based milk factory in New Zealand.

Growers, processors and retailers flocked to a farm near Gore… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.Burst pipes, a sinkhole, a water geyser in a suburban street - Wellington's water woes are fast becoming daily disasters.

Pressure is mounting on the Wellington City Council and Wellington Water to… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The Dunedin City Council has corrected its figures on lead contamination, saying the worst test result that was emailed on December 18 was 40 times the allowable level in drinking water, not four.

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6:08 PM.The lead levels found in water in two east Otago towns was 40 times the the allowable level in drinking water at its worst, not four, as they initially said.

In the last hour Dunedin City Council has… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Māori astronomers will be using the stars and moon phases to set a different date for the Matariki public holiday each year.

The Prime Minister promised to make Matariki a public holiday if… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.An Otago local saw on Thursday evening Dunedin city water care workers, rolls of piping and a digger, appearing to be replacing a water line through a swamp near Karitane.

He joins us to describe… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Thursday marks the opening of the Pride festival in Tāmaki Makaurau which runs until the end of the month.

The Gala is taking place tonight at Q theatre's Rangatira and is completely sold out.

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