Checkpoint for Monday 1 March 2021

6:16 PM.Since two new cases linked to the February cluster emerged on Saturday, Jacinda Ardern's expressed her frustrations with their failure to follow the rules - ultimately causing Auckland to go back into… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault told Checkpoint it is a tough week for everyone around the school community, but they are there to offer support. 

He said he has a skeleton crew… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.The rest of New Zealand is in Covid-19 alert level 2 - despite the current outbreak being centred in Auckland.

That means for everywhere outside of Auckland - gatherings are limited to 100 - meaning… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.The ripple effect of the latest alert level changes is being felt by event organisers today, with many scrambling to reschedule with others have been forced to can their event all together.

While… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The owner of a Hawke's Bay bar where a stray bullet from a shootout injured a staff member says the government is "delusional" about its efforts to quash gangs.

There have been several gang related… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6236233722001 Video, Audio

5:21 PM.Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told Checkpoint he believes case N (mother of Case M) in the Papatoetoe Covid-19 outbreak is not related to family 2, so they could not have been in a wider… Read more Video, Audio

5:18 PM.Auckland parents and students are once again getting on with at-home schooling for the fourth time in a year.

About 250,000 children are being taught from home this week as Tāmaki Makaurau endures… Read more Audio

5:14 PM.On the other side of the city.. businesses were making the now familiar snap back into lockdown operations.

Bars, restaurants and shops have been forced to reverting back to level 3 operations - or… Read more Video, Audio

5:09 PM.The government is being told to roll out clearer and smarter communications around the latest Covid-19 community outbreak, to make sure they are reaching into every corner, and culture of the country.

5:07 PM.The Prime Minister is urging people to call out those breaking the Covid rules, but says it's up to police to prosecute.

A 21-year-old Aucklander, who should have been self-isolating, visited a… Read more Video, Audio