Checkpoint for Tuesday 22 February 2022

5:07 PM.The behaviour by protesters outside Parliament has been condemned as "absolutely disgraceful" by police leaders today.

The confrontation between police and protesters began early on Tuesday morning… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says New Zealand has consistently voiced support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.

She says she is concerned this is a calculated… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Wellington Mayor Andy Foster told Checkpoint he is in high level talks regarding the Parliament protest but would not detail who he is talking to.

He said he is talking with government and police… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The advertising watchdog is looking into a billboard using the image of a Dunedin man who died after getting a Covid vaccine.

The anti-vax group Voices for Freedom has paid for the billboard… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers told Checkpoint the conflict this evening was after protesters had moved a concrete block and police had to put it back.

"Obviously we sent some staff… Read more Video, Audio

5:41 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6298448054001 Video, Audio

5:45 PM.A coroner has heard a man feared his brother was alive but left for dead following the terror attack at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque.

Almost three years after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.Shorter isolation periods and Rat tests for teachers could prevent a total return to online learning, according to an Auckland principal struggling to staff classes.

As Omicron cases grow in the… Read more Video, Audio

6:07 PM.So when did jumping on Google pass for actual scientific research? And why has a tsunami of disinformation exploded during the pandemic?

We've all heard of them, and we might even know someone who's… Read more Video, Audio

6:14 PM.Police and protesters have faced off yet again outside Parliament today, as the stand off enters a third week.

Three police officers have been taken to hospital after they were sprayed with an… Read more Video, Audio

6:18 PM.The ongoing staffing crunch is hitting those at the front lines of the Covid outbreak. Just two nurses were available to care for a ward of 26 patients at Auckland Hospital during one shift last week.

6:21 PM.Waikato is the latest area to roll out rapid antigen tests to combat increasing demand for Covid-19 testing.

The demand is causing delays in processing tests in the lab, with the DHB saying some… Read more Audio