Checkpoint for Thursday 27 January 2022

5:07 PM.From summer festival to potential super spreader event, the fallout from Hamilton's Soundsplash gig is becoming clearer.

So far five attendees have tested positive for Covid-19, with at least one… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The Prime Minister can't give assurances New Zealand's hospitals and ICU's will hold up in the Omicron outbreak.

New modelling predicts daily infections could climb sharply in the coming weeks and… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.The wheels have fallen off a cycle race planned for this weekend, due to red light restrictions.

It was all go for the two day Whaka 100 events in Rotorua this Saturday until organisers say… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.It's official, life is becoming more expensive, with inflation hitting an almost three-decade high.

The annual inflation rate has rocketed to nearly six percent. It is being fuelled by the soaring… 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=6293886469001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.A business advocacy group has had its order of rapid antigen tests effectively absorbed into government supplies.

Now the EMA has been forced to source RAT tests from elsewhere. Meanwhile it is… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.One of our most successful Olympians - Hamish Bond - is hanging up his oars.

The rower became the first male New Zealander to win three successive Olympic gold medals.

His most recent gold was in… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Development of the multi-million dollar Taranaki Crossing in Te Papakura o Taranaki - Egmont National Park - has entered into a new phase this summer.

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5:55 PM.New Zealand Cricket is putting on a charter flight for South Africa to ensure the Black Caps upcoming tests against the Proteas will still go ahead.

It's also decided to move some games, in the hope… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.The first political poll of the year shows the Prime Minister's popularity is dropping, but she's still well ahead of National's new leader.

It's the first One News Kantar Public Poll since Chris… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.MPI is helping fund the development of a driverless 'tractor' to work in orchards.

The autonomous machine will be able to spray, mulch and trim the trees.

Smart Machine chief executive Andrew… Read more Video, Audio