Checkpoint

The price of tropical fruits like pineapples, melon and mango could skyrocket this summer, due to soaring freight costs.

The pandemic means fewer flights are arriving - and ships are often facing… Read more Audio

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One of the country's most beloved athletes is considering picking up his shot and moving offshore because of the constraints of MIQ.

Tom Walsh talks to Lisa Owen.

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Cabs, coupons and coffees are being offered as health authorities try to keep Auckland's stalling vaccination campaign rolling.

At least 83 percent of eligible Aucklanders have now had their first… Read more Video, Audio

There will be no school holiday ski-trips or whānau visits for Aucklanders across the regional Covid-19 border, with the Prime Minister's confirmation that the city will remain shut-off from the rest… Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister says the government is giving full consideration to easing restrictions in Auckland, but the border will remain in place.

19 new community cases of Covid-19 have been reported… Read more Audio

There has not been a lot of good news in Aotearoa recently, but on Thursday the tiny King Country settlement of Marokopa welcomed news a family of four missing for 17 days are safe and well. 34-year… Read more Video, Audio

Pacific organisations are taking to the airwaves to try to address mental health concerns in the Pasifika community.

A new weekly radio segment, that will also run online, launched today - with the… Read more Audio

The number of people living with dementia in New Zealand will double in the next 30 years - according to a new report from the University of Auckland.

It's estimated more than 167,000 people will… Read more Audio

Aucklanders are still largely locked off from the rest of the country, and an epidemiologist wants it to stay that way unless vaccination rates rise.

Professor Rod Jackson from the University of… Read more Audio

The National Party wants to open up the country with a plan it says will allow New Zealanders to return home for Christmas.

The party has released a three-step plan to open the borders and stop… Read more Audio

Businesses are lining up to be part of the government's home-isolation trial that is due to get underway next month.

150 business people who will be charged $1000, stay in a self-contained house… Read more Video, Audio