Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 May 2021

5:09 PM.The cyber attack that crashed the Waikato District Health Board's computers and phones has put other DHBs on high alert for any incursions.

Five hospitals in the region have had their second day… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.A government cyber security agency is seeing an increasing number of attacks with hackers attempting to exploit system weaknesses for money.

Nadia Yousef is CERT NZ's manager of Incident Response.

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5:17 PM.The Cook Islands' Covid-19 vaccination programme is now in full swing with about 600 people receiving the first Pfizer jab.

It may also be a challenge, with some of the 10,000 eligible Cook Islanders… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM."Cut it out before you could kill yourself or someone else." That is the message from police to copper wire thieves clipping live powerlines in the Manawatū.

So far this year thieves have stolen… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6254936035001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.A lawyer for the building materials company James Hardie has blamed bad construction for a leaky home - not the company's product.

The James Hardie group of companies are being sued for more than 200… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.The boss of a global health information company is calling out the government over its slow delivery of essential IT to scale up the Covid-19 vaccination rollout, saying it should have been finished… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.The jury at the trial of three Taranaki police officers charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody have been shown CCTV footage of his arrival at Hawera police station.

The… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.A warm welcome at the door, hugs, bright shirts in Pasifika prints. It's more like a festival than a vaccination clinic, and that's the whole point.

Capital and Coast District Health Board has… Read more Video, Audio

6:09 PM.New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine programme has a budget of $1.4 billion for the first two years.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins revealed the number ahead of Budget 2021, reiterating that the… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Waikato DHB is still scrambling to get back online following a ransomware attack that crashed its computers and phones.

Five hospitals in the region have had their second day without IT systems -… Read more Video, Audio