Checkpoint for Tuesday 23 February 2021

5:07 PM.The Covid-19 rollercoaster continues in Auckland after a new community case of Covid-19 was identified this morning.

The Ministry of Health says the 'casual plus' contact, also a student at… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.After news of a new Covid-19 community case linked to Papatoetoe High School, Lisa Owen asks Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to clarify the status of the school - will it open again this… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault joins Lisa Owen to discuss the latest Covid-19 case - another student at the school. Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.A health professional who has been on the front line of the mental health crisis in Aotearoa says the sector is "chronically underfunded" and fears dire consequences if it continues.

Dr Marthinus… 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=6234540966001 Video, Audio

5:41 PM.SKY TV is warning it may cost more to watch sport on its platforms, because of a more expensive rugby rights deal.

But the company is promising subscription fees won't change this financial year.

… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Airborne Covid-19 particles from bowel movements may have contributed to Auckland's Pullman Hotel outbreak.

Guests caught the virus from each other in the hotel last month, sparking a small community… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.A mentally ill man jailed for seven years for attempting to kiss a woman on a Wellington street is challenging the decision in the Supreme Court.

Daniel Clinton Fitzgerald, who has schizophrenia, was… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.It's been another hot dry summer for Auckland, and for those on tank water it's been drying up quickly.

Watercare has rolled out a new mobile tanker to help fill the gap - while people wait for more… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.The government is being urged to pump money and resources into mental health services, to counter what one medical professional has described as "chronic underfunding".

Some young people are waiting… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.Latest child poverty stats show improvements were being made before Covid-19 hit - but officials warn any progress is now likely to have been undone by the pandemic.

Figures released by Stats NZ for… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.A man who's accusing a prominent businessman of fondling him in bed says he secretly recorded one of the man's associates trying to bribe him with $15,000.

The accused, who has name suppression, is… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.Facebook is restoring access to news content in Australia, after apparently reaching a compromise with the federal government.

The ban had come in response to proposed new media laws which would have… Read more Audio