Midday News for 18 August 2020

Some rural communities in north Waikato are cut off from food and medical supplies, by Auckland's coronavirus movement restrictions. A construction worker being turned back at the checkpoint at the south Auckland border wants clearer guidelines around level 4 lockdown and the current level 3. The Parole Board has confirmed the convicted Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek has been approved for parole from early next month.