Checkpoint for Tuesday 14 April 2020

6:22 PM.The government is expected to announce in the coming days how moving out of Alert Level Four lockdown will work.

But already some businesses are preparing to gradually reopen and get life back to… Read more Audio

6:19 PM.New Zealand has had its deadliest day of the Covid-19 crisis, with three of the four deaths linked to a Christchurch rest home.

Officials say the deaths highlight the vulnerability of the aged care… Read more Audio

6:07 PM.Unemployment could rise higher than 25 percent because of Covid-19, in an NZ Treasury worst-case scenario.

But it could be kept closer to 10 percent if the government spends at least $20 billion on… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.Humans may not be loving this lockdown, but it's a different story for our feathered friends.

Scientists say New Zealand's birds are becoming more confident in their surroundings, now they don't have… Read more Video, Audio

5:45 PM.Some regions face the possibility they'll be left without air travel links post-Covid-19 as regional airlines drop down the government's support list.

Money from the government's $600m aviation… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.Two hundred jobs are on the chopping block at media company NZME - the latest hard blow to hit the sector.

NZME, which owns the New Zealand Herald, regional papers, and radio stations including… Read more Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:28 PM.Opposition MPs are asking whether New Zealand went too hard in its initial response to Covid-19 - pointing out Australia has turned its numbers around with a more lenient approach.

But the… Read more Audio

5:18 PM.The Finance Minister has given the country a sneak peek at what Alert Level Three and two might mean for those longing to return to work.

Addressing the Epidemic Response committee, Grant Robertson… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.A review has been ordered into aged care after the Rosewood Rest Home became New Zealand's deadliest cluster.

Six of the nine people who have died in New Zealand from coronavirus have been residents… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Another three lives have been lost in the country's deadliest Covid-19 cluster: A group of Christchurch dementia patients shifted from Rosewood Rest Home & Hospital to Burwood Hospital last week.

The… Read more Audio