Checkpoint

Aucklanders who beat lockdown and hightailed it to other parts of the North Island are being urged to keep Covid-19 alert level 3 with them.

Thousands left the city in between the lockdown being… Read more Audio

The leaders of Destiny Church are under fire from the Covid-19 Response Minister and the Maori Party after fleeing Auckland to hold a church service in Rotorua in a bid to avoid the city's alert level… Read more Audio

The rolling impact of the latest Covid-19 alert levels has hit the country's cricket teams. Both the White Ferns and Black Caps are playing in Wellington tonight - but with no crowds.

Our sports… Read more Video, Audio

Bosses can ask but workers do not have to tell - that is the legal advice on whether employees have to disclose if they have had the Covid-19 jab or not.

MBIE has developed guidelines based on… Read more Video, Audio

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The Women's Rugby World Cup, scheduled for Auckland and Whangārei this year, is set to be postponed due to Covid-19.

World Rugby says it's the right decision for teams and fans.

NZ Rugby chief… Read more Video, Audio

More than half of Aotearoa's border workers have received their first Covid-19 jab as well as some of their family members.

As of midnight Tuesday, nearly 9,500 people had been been vaccinated in New… Read more Audio

Protesters are occupying the pa site of Mataharehare in the Auckland suburb of Parnell, despite the city being at Covid-19 alert level 3 restrictions. 

Occupants have set up tents and erected signage… Read more Video, Audio

Workers at the Ports of Auckland say they fear they'll die on the job as pressures to clear freight are put above their safety.

They say urgent action is needed. An Auckland Council led safety review… Read more Video, Audio

The 1pm update, adverts, Facebook updates, emergency push notifications - the government has tried numerous ways to get us to Unite against Covid-19.

But after a number of people broke isolation… Read more Audio

The Silver Ferns are hitting the court against their arch rivals the Australian Diamonds shortly - but because of Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no crowds. That means there'll also be no money… Read more Video, Audio

The government is being warned it will have blood on its hands unless it reconsiders what the inquiry into drug-buying agency Pharmac examines.

The terms of reference of the long-awaited independent… Read more Audio