Checkpoint

People have been queueing at Covid-19 testing centres in north Auckland, in response to the latest community cases.

Our reporter Kate Gregan and camera operator Dan Cook filed this report. Read more Video, Audio

Covid-19 has curbed Waitangi commemorations for The Māori Party. The co-leaders have decided not to travel north because of concerns over the latest community cases.

Three people have caught the more… Read more Video, Audio

The Ministry of Health has added some new locations to its list of places visited by New Zealand's two latest Covid-19 cases.

Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is across the latest developments and… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealanders can soon dive into history and explore the country's oldest-known shipwreck as part of a new documentary series set in remote Fiordland.

Last winter Toitū Otago Settlers Museum… Read more Video, Audio

Precious wetlands in Kaikōura that have been drained and degraded for generations, are now being lovingly restored and protected in projects that landowners and farmers hope will inspire others to do… Read more Video, Audio

Eight weeks to a trans-Tasman bubble is the hope for of the Australia-New Zealand leadership forum, despite New Zealand's latest Covid-19 community cases.

The forum has been working for ten months on… Read more Video, Audio

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

A 12-year-old boy who encountered a three-metre long mako shark at a popular Auckland city beach says it was like "staring into the eyes of Jaws".

SafeSwim issued an alert for Kohimarama and its… Read more Audio

RNZ has captured footage of water gushing from a burst water main and pouring down the street in Aro Valley in central Wellington.

The pipe burst sending a torrent of water gushing out of the main on… Read more Audio

The New Zealand stock exchange has taken a beating.

The Financial Markets Authority delivered a scathing report on Thursday outlining a litany of failures at an operational and cultural level which… Read more Audio

Community checkpoints in Tai Tokerau have been shut down by police who say they risked public safety and people's right to travel freely.

Around a dozen volunteers from Te Tai Tokerau border control… Read more Video, Audio

No more people will be put into managed isolation at the Pullman hotel until further notice.

Tenani French is in managed isolation at the Pullman and joins Lisa Owen with the details. Read more Video, Audio