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The government is pivoting its Covid-19 strategy - laying out a three-step plan for easing Auckland's lockdown restrictions.

Meanwhile National has criticised the announcement, with leader Judith… Read more Audio

An historic appeal into sexual abuse convictions for the former creche worker Peter Ellis has begun today in the country's highest court.

Ellis, who died two years ago, is appealing 13 counts of sex… Read more Video, Audio

The All Blacks secured two spots in the latest MIQ lottery, but wanted more.

Locks Scott Barrett and Patrick Tuipulotu will return to New Zealand from Australia for family reasons.

The rest of the… Read more Audio

A group of health experts are suggesting an Auckland wide freeze on prosecuting people for personal drug use while the city's under strict Covid-19 restrictions.

A think-piece by epidemiologists… Read more Video, Audio

Waiheke Islanders want to break from Auckland's lockdown and bring in a localised border.

The island has never had a case of Covid-19, and locals fear that the easing of alert level restrictions… Read more Audio

A leading epidemiologist says while he has breathed a sigh of relief level 3 is still in place, he thinks the government has gone too far with the stepped transition, and it is too risky.

Professor… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Police are considering laying charges against the organisers of Auckland's anti-lockdown protest at the weekend.

Around a thousand people rallied at a 'No More Lockdowns' event at Auckland Domain on… Read more Audio

New Zealand Rugby has revealed 50 Hamilton-based players relocated to Cambridge last night before the city went back into lockdown.

But the chief executive of Waikato Rugby is reassuring the public… Read more Audio

A rush to deep clean, get a test and be vaccinated marked the first day of level three in Raglan following a case of Covid-19.

The case is one of two detected in the Waikato yesterday, with another… Read more Video, Audio

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is in Ponsonby following news of the three-step transition out of Auckland's alert level 3 restrictions.

He joins Lisa Owen with the latest on Covid-19 cases.

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Aucklanders have been given a peek at what the road back to level two looks like.

But it is a long road and the government is warning it may need to pull the handbrake on at any moment.

Covid-19… Read more Video, Audio