Checkpoint for Thursday 27 May 2021

5:07 PM.New Zealand has extended its pause on quarantine free travel with Victoria for another seven days.

The government of Victoria today put the state in lockdown for a week to contain the Covid-19… Read more Audio

5:09 PM.Confidential patient and staff information stolen in last week's ransomware cyber attack on the Waikato DHB is confirmed to be genuine.

Files were leaked to four media organisations, including RNZ on… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.District Health Boards are on notice from the Privacy Commissioner, to lock their virtual front doors or face possible prosecution, following Waikato DHB's ransomware cyber attack.

Health Minister… Read more Audio

5:24 PM.In Victoria a snap lockdown is aimed at shutting down a Melbourne community outbreak of a highly contagious strain of Covid-19.

The restrictions in the state kick in at midnight and last seven days… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.There's been a thawing of the relationship between New Zealand Rugby and the Players Association with a meeting in Wellington today.

On the agenda was an alternative to the proposed $387 million… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6256206824001 Video, Audio

5:37 PM.Auckland ratepayers are on the hook for legal bills totalling at least $1 million as the council fights for a temporary ban on downtown bottle stores.

Council and court papers obtained by Checkpoint… Read more Audio

5:42 PM.Plans are being laid by a citizens coalition in Invercargill to topple Sir Tim Shadbolt as Mayor, come next year's local body elections.

The city is already on course for its fourth deputy mayor in… Read more Audio

5:50 PM.From Friday, Victoria will be heading into a seven-day lockdown in attempts to curb a growing Covid-19 outbreak.

The state recorded another 11 cases overnight taking the total of the cluster to 26.

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5:55 PM.A massive campaign by cycling advocates has forced Wellington City Council to do a u-turn, signing off today on fast-tracking cycleways across the city.

The $226 million project, which is part of the… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.From midnight Victoria will go into lockdown for seven days as the state frantically tries to cram a lid on the rapidly growing number of Covid-19 cases.

And late this afternoon the Covid-19 Response… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.The government's budget spend up has failed to get them a boost and Judith Collins has taken a further hit, according to the latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll.

Tonight's poll is the first since last… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.There's relief for the family of a woman who died of cancer, after a final ruling that she was wrongly denied money from ACC in the years before her death.

Deanna Trevarthen died of a cancer called… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.Volunteers have flocked to the outskirts of Auckland to start cleaning up one of the city's dirtiest waterways.

They're worried about the effects of developments and industry on the environment and… Read more Video, Audio