Checkpoint for Tuesday 20 April 2021

5:06 PM.A cleaner at Auckland Airport has tested positive for Covid-19.

The person tested positive during routine testing yesterday - and was announced this afternoon.

With the latest details, Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.A former inmate is taking prison operator Serco to court for allegedly treating him in a degrading and inhumane way. It is something Serco categorically denies.

Peter Rerekura has now completed his… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The government's Ihumātao deal has been deemed unlawful by the Auditor-General - and the Housing Minister Megan Woods ordered to please explain.

The Opposition has hammered the Government over the… Read more Audio

5:25 PM.Accusations of propaganda, destroying "taonga" and jeopardising people's mental and spiritual health - all par for the course at a meeting over the future of Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course.

A… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249448392001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Sydney tourism operators are over the moon to be welcoming back New Zealanders taking advantage of the quarantine-free travel arrangement.

Our tourism reporter Tess Brunton and videographer Simon… Read more Video, Audio

5:46 PM.A Christchurch woman with cancer has a massive hurdle to get through and it's not just chemo, but finding a home to live in.

Krystal Brown has been staying in a sleep-out and needs a bigger place to… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.There are calls for Franz Josef emergency service buildings on top of the Alpine fault to be urgently moved after research has shown the probability of a devastating quake striking the South Island… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Winston Peters has been back in court today, appealing the decision made last year where he was ordered to pay over $300,000.

It all goes back to a leak to the media in 2017 which revealed the former… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.The National Party is defending its role in the Transmission Gully, following a scathing review that found the project was flawed from the get go.

An interim review into the 27km highway has found… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.Derek Chauvin's fate is now in the hands of a Minneapolis jury. The legal team for the former US police officer, who knelt on George Floyd's neck for about 9 minutes until he died, argued in its… Read more Audio