Checkpoint for Tuesday 25 May 2021

5:07 PM.A group purporting to be responsible for the cyber attack on the Waikato DHB has emailed RNZ, saying it has personal information of patients and employees.

The email, which RNZ has sent on to police… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Phil Pennington has been looking at the documents sent to RNZ by a group claiming to be the hackers behind the ransomware cyber attack at Waikato DHB. He joins Lisa Owen from our Wellington studio.

5:16 PM.The National Māori Authority is demanding a nationwide halt on licences for new bottle stores, after multiple highly-publicised assaults in Auckland and Wellington CBDs.

Māori wardens patrolling the… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.Dr Nicki Jackson is chief executive of Alcohol Health Watch. She says it is an unlevel playing field in New Zealand, when it comes to challenging the alcohol lobby over new liquor licences. 

  Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.A man who planted a spy camera in an Auckland gym's changing rooms was promoted to chief executive of a crown entity that played a crucial role in the Covid-19 response after his offending took place.

5:37 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6255882927001 Video, Audio

5:40 PM.Samoa's two main political parties remain at loggerheads, with both parties claiming to be the government.

As legal challenges continue to mount, many more are asking - just how might this end?

… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.A former inmate at Christchurch Women's Prison is hopeful a new programme to connect wāhine with their culture, will help cut down the number returning to prison.

Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.Black Cap Tim Seifert has tearfully shared his experience of contracting Covid-19 in India - preventing him from returning to New Zealand.

The 26-year-old is back home now.. and going through managed… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Cycling advocates who installed a pop-up bike lane on one of Wellington's busiest roads are promising more of the same, until the council ups its game.

[embed]… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A group claiming responsibility for the cyber attack on Waikato DHB is circulating a sample of the private files they claim to have harvested.

The information has been sent to several media outlets -… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Aucklanders will have to pay more on their rates bill over the next decade, with the city's council voting through increases today.

The Finance Committee today hashed out its 10-year budget, which… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.Workers say new hope has been breathed into Dunedin's Hillside railway workshop after a major redevelopment was unveiled today.

The government announced $85 million to build a new wagon assembly… Read more Video, Audio

6:21 PM.Victoria has recorded another four Covid-19 infections bringing the Melbourne cluster to nine.

The government here has suspended the quarantine travel bubble with Victoria for at least 72 hours.

… Read more Video, Audio