Checkpoint

Margie Apa is chief executive of Counties Manukau DHB. She talks to Lisa Owen about the woman who was discharged, despite not yet having a Covid-19 test result, which turned out to be positive. Read more Video, Audio

Middlemore Hospital says a woman waiting on a Covid-19 test result was able to leave its emergency room after being deemed safe to discharge.

But after their release, the patient returned a positive… Read more Video, Audio

What better way to mark Tongan language week than a mass vaccination event set-up by the Tongan community, for the Tongan community.

Flags and music burst out of the drive-through pop-up site at the… Read more Audio

The number of visitors showing up at Auckland hospitals during alert level four is among the highest in the country, and staff and patients aren't happy.

The DHB's visitor policy is under fire for… Read more Audio

Opposition parties want to know if the Delta outbreak's going to have any effect on the phased reopening of the border, planned to start from early next year.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins… Read more Audio

Legal action is brewing over the government's managed isolation and quarantine booking system.

The test case was to be a pregnant women, with health complications who was denied an emergency… Read more Audio

Countdown staff have had a surge in verbal abuse following the terror attack on Friday.

The LynnMall store in west Auckland has been closed for a week since Ahamed Samsudeen stabbed several shoppers.

Locals are on a mission to get rough sleepers vaccinated against Covid-19 in Hastings. It's an initiative led by a local church to help the city's 'whānau pounamu'. Anei a Tom Kitchin. Read more Audio

Northlanders wanting to head beyond Auckland for a holiday have been given a ticket out of town thanks to a new Air New Zealand flight.

The airline has announced a direct Kerikeri to Wellington… Read more Audio

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

More than half a million children returned to classrooms today as schools outside of Auckland reopened.

Students told RNZ they are happy to be back after three weeks of lockdown learning in alert… Read more Audio

The goodwill of other countries will mean New Zealand's vaccine stocks will not run short while we wait for the big promised deliveries from Pfizer next month.

The Delta outbreak saw vaccination… Read more Video, Audio