Checkpoint

It's feared people might unwittingly be sharing apartment buildings with isolating Covid-19 cases.

Building managers are asking for better communication from health authorities, so they can keep… Read more Audio

Primary school students stuck in level 3 are still waiting to hear if they'll make it back into an actual classroom this year.

In the meantime remote learning is continuing. Ministry of Education… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland hairdressers are desperate for some reassurance on when they can re-open and clarity on what the new traffic light system will mean for salons.

Eleven weeks out of action is taking its toll… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6280220218001 Video, Audio

A state of emergency has been declared in Gisborne as heavy rain pounds the region.

Flooding has closed several roads and the sewer system is under pressure. Some residents of Sponge Bay have… Read more Video, Audio

A family has managed to escape unharmed after at least 20 bullets were shot at their house in the dead of night.

Police say it is a very serious case of mistaken identity - but miraculously - the… Read more Video, Audio

Northland tourism operators are desperately hoping the region's vaccine rates will boost enough for visitors to return this summer, with many businesses hanging on by a thread.

The northern-most part… Read more Video, Audio

The police union says it will be impossible to manage the Auckland's Covid boundary over summer. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said a hard perimeter is staying, and Aucklanders will have to show… Read more Video, Audio

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

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

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

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