Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 April 2021

5:07 PM.Consistency and cohesion is what the government is promising in a massive shake up to the health system.

The 20 DHBs will be gone, and a new body - Health NZ - will be set up, along with a specific… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM."Bold and necessary" is how a 30-year health veteran is describing the government's shake-up.

Dr Lester Levy has chaired New Zealand's biggest DHBs, headed up a private hospital and is the current… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Prince Philip has been remembered at a State Memorial service in Wellington this afternoon.

Prime Ministers past and present, the Governor-General and the British High Commissioner were among those… Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.Guilty on all charges. The police officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for nine minutes, as he gasped for air, begging for his life on a Minneapolis street, has been convicted of murder.

After… Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.The weekly reveal of Covid-19 vaccination numbers was rolled out today, but the numbers were a bit stale.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins released plans last week about how the nationwide… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249609654001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Cautiously optimistic is how Māori GPs and health advocates are feeling after the announcement tangata whenua will have their own health body.

A new Māori health authority will make policy decisions… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.In five years' time, Helen Clark wants to see Huntly power station no longer burning coal, a ban on fossil-fuel-powered cars into New Zealand, and agriculture paying for its emissions.

Clark has… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.There was disappointment for some dedicated royal fans today - three self-proclaimed nanas turned up to Prince Philip's memorial service, hoping to slip into the pews.

RNZ reporter Harry Lock spoke… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.The under pressure Ports of Auckland chief executive has met with union officials for the first time since a scathing health and safety report was released.

Union members at the Ports have called for… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.The government has unveiled sweeping new health changes in a bid to resuscitate an ailing inequitable system, that's ended in a postcode lottery.

All 20 DHBs are being scrapped along with… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.The government's plan to shake up the health system has been met with shock, concern and skeptisim. Eleisha Foon has been gathering reaction. Audio

6:25 PM.The Royal New Zealand Navy's newest and largest-ever ship - the HMNZS Aotearoa - is making its first visit to its ceremonial home port in New Plymouth today.

The $450 million supply ship came into… Read more Audio

6:32 PM.A white US ex-police officer has been found guilty of murdering George Floyd, after one of the most high profile trials in American history.

Last year, Derek Chauvin knelt on Mr Floyd's neck for nine… Read more Audio