Checkpoint

The government is allowing 165,000 overseas workers to gain residence through a fast-tracked one-off visa - but that has left many people cursing their bad luck.

Some were not on the right visa on… Read more Audio

The Covid-19 Response Minister has denounced antivax GPs but says it's up to the Medical Council to deal with them.

Chris Hipkins' statements come after RNZ revealed two Northland GP clinics do not… Read more Audio

Patients who unable to see physiotherapists because of strict alert level rules are being left in pain and without proper rehabilitation, according to a group of physios who are desperate to see… Read more Video, Audio

As Delta continues to spread, the drive to fully vaccinate New Zealanders has also accelerated with people now being urged to get their jabs three weeks apart.

Late on Thursday afternoon the Ministry… Read more Video, Audio

On Wednesday Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint if there is additional risk seen outside existing level 3 boundaries in the next 24 hours then level 3 restrictions would be applied wider… Read more Video, Audio

The tentacles of Covid Delta have forced more Waikato towns into lockdown tonight, with the level 3 boundary moving further south.

There were 29 new cases today, five of those in Waikato. All the new… Read more Audio

Church communities are being encouraged to discuss problematic porn use.

Sex Addiction Specialists Aotearoa is a group of fourteen Christian counsellors based around the country, and they are seeing… Read more Audio

One of today's 39 new Covid-19 cases has been confirmed in the King Country coastal town of Kāwhia.

The township lies south of Raglan and is not included in the level 3 lockdown area.

Just over 65… Read more Video, Audio

The government is defending enlisting gang leaders to help test and vaccinate those caught up in the latest outbreak.

Public health officials have granted exemptions allowing two gang leaders to… Read more Audio

Interest rates are going up, as the Reserve Bank hiked its Official Cash Rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 percent this afternoon.

It is the first rise in seven years as it moves to… Read more Audio

Taranaki has rolled out "aunties power" as it ramps up efforts to boost the Māori vaccination rate in the province.

Only about 24 percent of Māori in the region are fully vaccinated while the rate… Read more Audio