Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 February 2020

5:09 PM.All 157 people who have spent the past 14 days in quarantine at the Whangaparāoa Defence Force base were finally given the green light to go home, after their evacuation from Wuhan.

Two people… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.A passenger who was on board the Cambodian cruise cut short by the cornavirus outbreak has arrived back in the country to find she did not need her temperature checked.

Fifteen New Zealand passengers… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Former National MP Jami Lee Ross and three Auckland businessmen have been named as the four charged by the Serious Fraud Office over donations to the National Party.

Yikun Zhang, Shijia Zheng and… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.The sun has gone down on Sir Elton John's two final New Zealand concerts leaving thousands of concert-goers feeling disappointed they'll have to wait 11 more months to see him.

The legend, who called… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.Thirty-five South Auckland women had their diagnoses of breast cancer delayed last year, as wait lists at Counties Manukau DHB blow-out.

Some are waiting months longer than the targets to be seen on… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The two Wuhan evacuees who remained in quarantine at Whangaparāoa have been cleared of coronavirus, after showing coronavirus-like symptoms.

"I have just literally got off the phone with the news… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The lawyer of a woman accused of murdering her abusive partner says it's exactly the sort of case the government was trying to prevent when it strengthened domestic violence laws last year.

Karen… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Sex is for the sober, police say, ahead of universities' orientation week parties.

It is just one of the warnings to thousands of students taking part in O-week activities that range from campus… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.All of the 157 people quarantined at the Whangaparaoa navy base finally walked free on Wednesday - after two weeks living in campervans north of Auckland.

More than 50 foreign nationals who were part… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.A Qantas flight with New Zealand and Australian passengers from the Diamond Princess is due to leave Yokohama for Darwin in the coming hours.

Those passengers will then be transported on a chartered… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.The "unusually hot and dry weather" has been blamed for Auckland Airport's deteriorating runway.

The airport has completed a review after two recent runway closures which stopped flights from landing… Read more Video, Audio

6:31 PM.The Queen is apparently cracking down on Harry & Meghan using the royal handle in their marketing.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have already announced they're retiring from official Royal duties… Read more Video, Audio