Checkpoint for Wednesday 9 September 2020

5:06 PM.There are six new cases in the community, all linked to the Mt Roskill Evangelical Church.

There are now 43 cases linked to the church - it's the seventh largest cluster since the pandemic began.

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5:09 PM.The calls for a total ban on live exports of cattle are growing, following the capsize and sinking of a vessel in the East China Sea.

The Ministry for Primary Industries temporarily halted… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.Labour is vowing to create a new top tax tier for people earning more than $180,000 a year if it is re-elected into government.

The party unveiled its tax policy in Wellington on Wednesday, saying… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Labour is vowing to create a new top tax tier for people earning more than $180,000 a year if it's re-elected next month. 

Lisa Owen talks details with Finance Minister and Labour's finance… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:35 PM.Ahead of the 2020 General Election, National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Labour's health spokesperson Chris Hipkins debate the main parties' health policies. Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.Corrections has admitted it has acted outside the law by confining women to to their cells at Auckland Women's Prison for more than 23 hours a day.

Women at the jail, 67 percent of whom are Māori… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Jacinda Ardern returned to Whakatāne for the first time since the aftermath of the Whakaari White Island eruption which killed 21 people and seriously injured 25 others.

The Labour leader had morning… Read more Video, Audio

6:17 PM.National leader Judith Collins has promised a Royal Commission will investigate the fatal Whakaari White Island eruption if her party is elected in October.

She says the people affected want answers… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.Southland workers at the endangered Tiwai Point smelter are frustrated it has taken political leaders so long to take their livelihoods seriously.

In July, Rio Tinto announced production would end at… Read more Video, Audio