Checkpoint for Tuesday 18 May 2021

5:07 PM.Clinical services across all Waikato public hospitals have been seriously affected by a cyber security incident with all phones and computers down.

Outpatient appointments and patients coming for a… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.A report into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout raises serious concerns about whether the government can reach its targets and if there's even enough vaccine in the country.

It calls on health authorities… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.There were plenty of hugs, tears and cheers at Rarotonga international airport today as the Cook Islands bubble finally opened.

The first flight from Auckland left with almost 300 people on board to… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.Nick Truebridge joins Lisa Owen live from Rarotonga on day one of the NZ-Cook Islands travel bubble.

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5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6254709745001 Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Check your receipts - a computer glitch at dozens of supermarkets yesterday meant shoppers did not get the discounts that were advertised on the shelf.

If you were shopping at a Pak n Save, New World… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Business owners say they have been forced to pay more and risk breaching contracts because they can't get goods into Ports of Auckland.

Goods are being re-routed to Tauranga and arriving five weeks… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Ports of Auckland bosses have fronted up to frustrated Auckland councillors this afternoon as freight and logistics delays continue to affect businesses across the country.

Ports chief executive Tony… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Opiki and Tokomaru residents in the Manawatu want to break away from their current council, which they say has neglected them for years, and forge a new future with Palmerston North.

They feel more… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Migrants have hit back at the so-called immigration "reset" saying it uses them as a 'scapegoat' for problems with housing, infrastructure and worker welfare.

The government has signalled a change of… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.Sexual abuse survivors say the ACC claims process is broken. Figures revealed today show almost nobody makes it through the system with approval.

Only 32 percent of sexual abuse claims are approved… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.An alleged hammer attack on the sidelines of a kids netball game has one sports centre thinking about extra security.

Police are investigating after the incident at the Tauranga Netball Centre on… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.National MPs are singing from different song sheets - with some now throwing their support behind Māori co-governance and targeted funding.

Leader Judith Collins has been accusing the government of… Read more Audio

6:54 PM.A long-serving staff member at the New Zealand High Commission in New Delhi has died of Covid-19.

The Indian staff member started working at the Commission in 1986 - when Sir Edmund Hillary was High… Read more Audio