Checkpoint for Monday 19 July 2021

5:07 PM.Some Westport residents have returned to see the full scale of the damage to their properties from this weekend's flooding.

Many sodden homes remain unlivable, their occupants forced to doss down in… Read more Video, Audio

5:10 PM.Two more crew people on another container ship have tested positive for Covid-19.

The ship arrived in port at Bluff on Sunday night and the 21 crew were tested this morning.

Our reporter Nick… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.The mayor of Buller estimates up to 100 people could be left without a home following the weekend's flooding on the West Coast.

While over 2000 people have been cleared to return home, more than 100… Read more Video, Audio

5:20 PM.It's just a few days until the Olympics gets underway in Tokyo and Covid-19 cases have emerged in the athletes' village.

To talk more about this we're joined by our reporter Maja Burry, who is in… Read more Video, Audio

5:24 PM.A voluntary poo patrol has scooped up kilograms of dog do from Dunedin's popular West Harbour walkway.

A few weeks back we to spoke to Antonia Wood who lives with her family in St Leonards.

They're… Read more Video, Audio

5:31 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6264240076001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Alex Campbell is a journalist in England and has Covid-19. He told me he fears the government's decision to open up is only going to make the situation worse. Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Further space in Managed Isolation and Quarantine has been set aside for managed return flights from New South Wales, a Managed Isolation and Quarantine spokesperson says.

530 rooms will be allocated… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.The Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has turned its focus on to Pacific communities.

The inquiry is spending the next two weeks listening to the stories of Pacific people who came to New Zealand… Read more Audio

5:52 PM.One of the UK's most outspoken and controversial media personalities will be deported from Australia and won't appear as planned on the country's Big Brother reality TV series.

Katie Hopkins was… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.Whether it's melted in a toastie, on top of your favourite pizza or piled onto a humble cracker - kiwis love cheese.

But what about a dairy free version? Over the last few years demand for vegan… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.Violent criminal behaviour directed at police is ramping up like never before according to the Police Commissioner.

Video taken at the weekend shows a Auckland police officer on the ground as a man… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Water levels have fallen in Marlborough, revealing the extent of the damage caused by heavy rain over the weekend.

As the scale of the destruction is assessed, residents in cut off areas are waiting… Read more Audio

6:18 PM.The New Zealand rowing team hopes to medal again - this time at the Tokyo Olympics.

Nine Kiwi boats will take their place on the start line in the Japanese capital. And after contributing two golds… Read more Audio