Checkpoint for Friday 24 April 2020

5:07 PM.As New Zealand's level 4 lockdown comes to end, Countdown and Foodstuffs workers who were promised a 10 percent pay bonus for their frontline duties will lose it. 

Staff have not seen any extra money… Read more Audio

5:12 PM.Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters says some businesses could be saved if the country creates a trans-Tasman bubble - and he's open to starting on a state-by-state basis.

Australia has had similar… Read more Audio

5:16 PM.For each of the past six days the number of new coronavirus cases has slowed to fewer than ten in New Zealand.

That is down from a daily peak in the high 80s after more than four weeks locked down in… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.Horticulture New Zealand says it's asked the government for flexibility to allow more Independent grocers and other food outlets to fully open at level 3.

The lockdown has crippled produce supply to… Read more Audio

5:28 PM.In Auckland's Ōtara a team of locals has been working hard to get food and essentials out to some of the suburb's most vulnerable residents.

Every Thursday the team has been gathering to fill large… Read more Video, Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:39 PM.Air New Zealand is scrambling to cut costs as it fights to remain alive in a world where few are now flying.

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars of government support, it's taking the scalpel to… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.In lockdown activity is at an all time low, giving the environment and nature a chance to bounce back.

Auckland's air quality has reached the same level it was a century ago, wildlife are flourishing… Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Friday marks New Zealand's final Friday in level 4 lockdown.

With all things going to plan, this will hopefully be the last time we are under these restrictions.

The lockdown has been like nothing… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.Despite all ANZAC day services being cancelled due to Covid 19, New Zealanders across the country are coming up with new ways to remember the lives of soldiers who died fighting for New Zealand.

A… Read more Video, Audio

6:06 PM.Checkpoint has been extensively covering the issue of Air New Zealand refusing refunds for customers whose flights were cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdowns.

On Friday night Consumer NZ's Jessica… Read more Audio

6:09 PM.In the four weeks since the country's been in lockdown, 33,000 more people have ended up on the benefit.

The Ministry of Social Development says the demand is higher than the peak of the global… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.Broken bubbles, breached family court orders and children who haven't seen their parents in weeks - that is how many families with shared childcare arrangements are describing their experience of the… Read more Audio

6:23 PM.New Zealanders are buying up large on board games, home entertainment, education materials and alcohol.

The number of us using the electronic payment service PayPal for our online shopping has… Read more Video, Audio

6:27 PM.For the first time since 1915, there will not be any public gatherings tomorrow to mark Anzac Day. But we are being asked as a nation, during this lockdown, to mark Anzac Day by standing at dawn in… Read more Audio