Checkpoint

The school holidays are just around the corner but some parts of the country are expecting to miss out on an influx of visitors from Auckland.

Lockdown meant Wanaka lost weeks of prime ski season… Read more Video, Audio

The testing and vaccination blitz is on in Auckland, with the Prime Minister urging people in the city to bring their vaccinations forward.

She's urging people to roll up to the drive-throughs to get… Read more Audio

A major search is on at a remote and rugged settlement on the west coast of the North Island for a man and his three children.

Police say they have serious concerns for Ōtorohanga man Thomas… Read more Audio

Palmerston North is thriving in ways other parts of the country haven't, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

While some parts of New Zealand are heavily reliant on one or two industries, Palmerston… Read more Video, Audio

ACT leader David Seymour is calling time on the government's elimination strategy, saying it may be time to give up on trying to stamp out the virus altogether.

He has suggested a holding pattern… Read more Video, Audio

Level 4 has been extended for one more week, making it the longest stretch any part of the country has been in hard lockdown.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Te Pirimia, Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

The tentacles of Auckland's lockdown pain are stretching beyond the city limits, to towns who welcome Aucklanders for holidays.

The Prime Minister has revealed there will be no further shifts down… Read more Video, Audio

The building and construction sector has just a few days worth of some Auckland-based products left.

According to suppliers some key materials are already unavailable.

Last week the government gave… Read more Audio

One more week of level 4 restrictions is “probably not” a long enough time to contain the Auckland Covid-19 Delta outbreak, University of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson tells Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio

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Tourism operators in Te Tai Tokerau are feeling the strain as holiday makers remain blocked from driving through Auckland's level 4 lockdown.

A new direct flight between Kerikeri and Wellington is… Read more Audio

Otago locals are furious an Auckland couple flouted level 4 lockdown escaping Auckland for a family holiday home in Wanaka.

The 35-year old man and his 26 year old partner crossed Auckland's southern… Read more Video, Audio