Checkpoint

Māori health providers in Tai Tokerau are sprinting to boost lagging vaccine rates as community cases in the rohe rise.

Another two cases have emerged in Kaikohe today and a baby has been admitted to… Read more Audio

It is going to be a hard slog getting people back for their second doses - that's the message from on the ground in Counties Manukau.

Yesterday, first doses in the DHB ticked over to 90 percent -… Read more Audio

For more on the alert level decision in Auckland Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge is in Takapuna. Read more Audio

Deputy PM Grant Robertson signalled on Checkpoint that the government is not looking for a strict 90 percent target for Auckland to move out of level 3 to the new protection system.

"We said all… Read more Audio

There have been two positive wastewater tests for Covid in Gisborne, Mayor Rehette Stoltz told Checkpoint.

The tests were from November 1 and 3. She said there are no positive reported cases in the… Read more Video, Audio

It's emerged the man accused of abducting four year old Cleo Smith in Western Australia, had a room full of dolls in his house.

Terence Darrell Kelly has appeared in court charged with forcibly… Read more Audio

Migrants are selling their belongings, begging for money and living in garages after losing their jobs during lockdown.

The Migrant Action Trust says hundreds of foreign workers and international… Read more Audio

A Dunedin man who brutally murdered a couple before setting their home alight to hide his crimes, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Wiremu Namana appeared in the High Court in Dunedin this… Read more Audio

There are fears Delta's long tentacles have reached further across New Zealand - with Covid-19 detected in wastewater in Taranaki.

A sample taken in Stratford on Monday has come back with a strong… Read more Video, Audio

Hamilton Zoo opened its gates again today after a month out of action.

Waikato moved to level 3, step 2 on Wednesday which means public facilities are back but with social distancing and masks in… Read more Video, Audio

A derelict building in Christchurch caught fire for the second time in three years this morning, forcing some to evacuate their homes.

The heritage listed Antonio Hall has been left largely abandoned… Read more Video, Audio

A major sugar recall is hitting businesses big time - with those who ply their trade with sugar having to dump it in huge quantities.

The recall is for Chelsea, Pams, and Woolworths brand raw and… Read more Audio