Checkpoint

New Zealanders overseas trying to book a coveted spot in MIQ are still rolling the dice - just under a different system.

A new MIQ voucher system made its debut today, allocating more than 3,000… Read more Audio

Parts of the Hauraki plains have effectively been ring-fenced and placed into alert level 4 for at least five days.

It takes in an area near Miranda where there are three new Covid-19 cases including… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11:59pm Tuesday, and will stay there for at least two weeks.

There were 22 new cases today, but health authorities say most new cases are linked to… Read more Video, Audio

Lisa Owen asks Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson what advice he could give to Aucklanders who had travel booked for the school holidays beginning on October 2.

They also discuss the return of the… Read more Video, Audio

A testing blitz has been on in several Waikato towns today after three cases emerged from a household on the Hauraki Plains.

The three are household members of a prisoner on bail, who returned to… Read more Audio

The government has announced Auckland will drop to Covid-19 alert level three from midnight Wednesday morning.

It will remain in those tight restrictions for at least two weeks.

The decision will be… Read more Audio

After an extended absence rugby's Heartland Championship returns on Saturday afternoon.

New Zealand's 12 smallest provincial unions haven't played for almost two years as a result of the Covid-19… Read more Audio

New Zealanders wanting to welcome refugees into their community will be able to apply for a new sponsorship visa from next month.

The sponsorship programme is part of an expanded trial, in which… Read more Audio

A pet shelter in Auckland for animals from abusive households says demand for their service has tripled since lockdown began.

Since opening just two months ago Pet Refuge is getting more and more… Read more Video, Audio

The government has decided not to bring forward the school holidays despite calls from exhausted parents and the opposition.

The school break will go ahead from October 2 - meaning Auckland parents… Read more Audio

An update on our earlier story now regarding the NPC rugby unions who wrongly obtained exemptions for players to travel out of Auckland's level 4 lockdown.

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The family at the centre of a homicide in Timaru had only left MIQ a week ago after arriving in the country from South Africa.

Three young children were found dead after police were called to a… Read more Video, Audio