Checkpoint for Thursday 9 September 2021

5:08 PM.A pregnant woman who was six times denied an emergency room in managed isolation has dropped legal action after being granted a room voucher.

Bergen Graham has health complications and wanted to be… Read more Video, Audio

5:17 PM.Green Party co-leader James Shaw is under fire for leading a delegation on a planned trip to Scotland for climate talks in November.

The Greens staunchly opposed the House sitting during the… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.The goodwill of other countries will mean New Zealand's vaccine stocks will not run short while we wait for the big promised deliveries from Pfizer next month.

The Delta outbreak saw vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

5:30 PM.More than half a million children returned to classrooms today as schools outside of Auckland reopened.

Students told RNZ they are happy to be back after three weeks of lockdown learning in alert… Read more Audio

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

5:40 PM.Northlanders wanting to head beyond Auckland for a holiday have been given a ticket out of town thanks to a new Air New Zealand flight.

The airline has announced a direct Kerikeri to Wellington… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.Locals are on a mission to get rough sleepers vaccinated against Covid-19 in Hastings. It's an initiative led by a local church to help the city's 'whānau pounamu'. Anei a Tom Kitchin. Read more Audio

5:51 PM.Countdown staff have had a surge in verbal abuse following the terror attack on Friday.

The LynnMall store in west Auckland has been closed for a week since Ahamed Samsudeen stabbed several shoppers.

6:09 PM.Legal action is brewing over the government's managed isolation and quarantine booking system.

The test case was to be a pregnant women, with health complications who was denied an emergency… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.Opposition parties want to know if the Delta outbreak's going to have any effect on the phased reopening of the border, planned to start from early next year.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins… Read more Audio

6:20 PM.The number of visitors showing up at Auckland hospitals during alert level four is among the highest in the country, and staff and patients aren't happy.

The DHB's visitor policy is under fire for… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.What better way to mark Tongan language week than a mass vaccination event set-up by the Tongan community, for the Tongan community.

Flags and music burst out of the drive-through pop-up site at the… Read more Audio