Checkpoint for Monday 26 July 2021

5:07 PM.New Zealand is on the scoreboard at Tokyo with its first Olympic medal - a surprise bronze in the men's triathlon, won by 23-year-old Hayden Wilde.

The young Bay of Plenty man, and relative newbie to… Read more Video, Audio

5:12 PM.Hayden Wilde was not the only NZ athlete in the mix for a medal today. Seventeen-year-old Erika Fairweather from Dunedin was racing for gold in the 400 metres freestyle, after smashing the NZ record… Read more Video, Audio

5:14 PM.Privately run isolation facilities for fully vaccinated travellers will boost business and help New Zealand reconnect with the rest of the word according to the ACT Party.

It has newly released… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.A woman accused of being an Islamic State terrorist is set to return to New Zealand, with her two children, but the details of their return are murky.

The government is giving assurances there has… Read more Audio

5:26 PM.In Tokyo, 23-year-old Hayden Wilde has won bronze in the triathlon, putting New Zealand on the Olympics scoreboard.

It has been an amazing journey for the athlete, he tells Lisa Owen how he got… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.The lawyer for a terror suspect with links to Islamic State wont say if the woman will be monitored or subject to special restrictions when she arrives back in New Zealand with her two young children.

5:49 PM.New Zealand is on the medal board at Tokyo, with a bronze for triathlete Hayden Wilde.

17-year-old Dunedin student Erika Fairweather made the final of the 400 metres freestyle, but missed out on the… Read more Video, Audio

5:53 PM.The Black Caps and their World Test Cricket Championship mace started a trip to all corners of the country today.

Team members are going all the way to Bluff with the silverware this week.

Tim… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.A New Zealander with links to terrorist group Islamic State is returning from home from Turkey with her two young children, after the government signed off on her "managed return".

But there are no… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.The government is looking at rejigging MIQ so it can make space for more people coming back from New South Wales.

New Zealanders in Australia have until Friday to get on a flight back, before the… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.Taranaki appears to have dodged another Covid-19 bullet - with no cases found after the virus was detected in New Plymouth wastewater.

But locals aren't taking anything for granted with hundreds… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.Fiji's opposition leader says he won't be intimidated or silenced for criticising government over a land bill.

At least seven politicians were arrested and taken into custody and questioned by… Read more Audio