Checkpoint for Wednesday 3 November 2021

5:05 PM.It was remarkably good news for Perth today as the little Australian girl abducted while on a camping trip with her family 18 days ago was found alive.

She was locked in a house just minutes away… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Covid Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint the government is considering the option that Aucklanders have an allocated time slot to leave the region over the summer holidays.

The measure would… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.Antivaxers have disrupted the Prime Minister's media events for the second day in a row.

Jacinda Ardern did not attend a scheduled event at a vaccination clinic in Whanganui because more than 100… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Winery tours and bach bookings remain off the cards on Waiheke Island, despite the Auckland region's impending move to step two of level 3.

The rules are creating a divide amongst Waiheke locals… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6280054904001 Video, Audio

5:39 PM.Far North communities are nervously waiting to see if Covid has been spreading unchecked through their towns.

The top of the motu is in level 3 lockdown as health officials work to trace any links… Read more Video, Audio

5:43 PM.As Aucklanders watch the vaccination rate tick up towards easing restrictions, jabs of another kind are also on offer in the locked down city: Botox.

The cosmetic injections are available under level… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The self isolation trial is underway for some of the 150 people chosen to be guinea pigs for the pilot.

They've had to meet strict criteria, including isolating at a private residence on their own… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.Environmental groups says it is pointless and cynical for the government to sign up to a global pact to drastically slash methane emissions when it has no plans to match the goal itself.

More than… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.As daily community covid cases continue to crack three figures more government isolation facilities could be converted to quarantine hotels for those unable to stay at home while sick.

Joint head of… Read more Video, Audio

6:16 PM.National's Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop told Checkpoint he thinks the potential time allocation for Aucklanders to leave the region in holidays is "the stupidest idea I've ever heard".

“MIQ is… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.The rugby world has been rocked by news former All Black Carl Hayman has early on set dementia at age 41.

All Blacks assistant coach John Plumtree says New Zealand and World Rugby are doing all they… Read more Audio

6:22 PM.An astonishing outcome - the four-year-old girl who disappeared almost three weeks ago from a remote Australian campsite has been found alive.

Police broke into a locked house in the early hours of… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.Stay in the game! Get your Shot!" That's the message Pasifika sports stars took to the launch of a vaccination event in Auckland today.

Several high profile current and former sports people are… Read more Audio