Checkpoint for Monday 24 May 2021

5:08 PM.Waikato DHB has admitted there's a real threat some people's personal information may have been breached, as a result of the cyber attack.

The DHB is still working to get its systems back online -… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.Samoa has plunged deep into an unprecedented constitutional and political crisis.

A dramatic series of developments in Apia have added new twists to Samoa's protracted election.

The party which… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.A police investigation is underway in a rural area of the Far North after two men were found dead at a dairy farm this morning.

Police have spent the day in Awarua, which is just south of Kaikohe.

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5:27 PM.Wanaka skifields are trashing their rubbish bins; this season skiers will have to take their wrappers, food bags and waste off the slopes with them.

There will be recyling and compost bins instead -… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.The former Children's Commissioner Dame Cindy Kiro has been announced as the new Governor-General.

She will replace Dame Patsy Reddy whose five-year term ends in September.

Here's our deputy… Read more Audio

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6255722947001 Video, Audio

5:42 PM.Wellington city councillors are gobsmacked at a proposal to lift rates by 16 percent next year, saying it's come completely out of the blue.

The capital city had consulted on a rise of 13.5 percent… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.There's been global condemnation after a fake bomb threat was used to force a commercial flight to divert to Belarus where a journalist on board was arrested.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports.

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5:55 PM.A group of exasperated cyclists in Wellington have taken matters into their own hands in a bid to protect themselves on the road.

They've put planter boxes along one of the city's main driving… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Waikato DHB bosses have admitted people's personal data may have fallen into the wrong hands, as a result of its cyber breach.

The entire system crashed nearly a week ago and it's not likely to be… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.A New Zealand dietician has helped develop an app set to revolutionise the way some children are treated for epilepsy.

It helps dieticians and parents using a prescription keto diet to treat the… Read more Video, Audio