Checkpoint

Ngāti Whātua is defending the management of the border between Te Tai Tokerau and Tāmaki Makaurau.

Northland will drop down to alert level 2 at midnight, following a Covid scare in which a woman who… Read more Audio

Life in Australia is slowly getting back to normal, with more states releasing plans to open up and let people back in.

With high vaccination rates, a national plan and clear targets, states are… Read more Audio

Christmas is just around the corner, but with Tāmaki Makaurau still in level 3, many are wondering if they should be making any plans at all.

The Prime Minister says Aucklanders should not be… Read more Audio

Waiheke Local Board Chair Cath Handley told Checkpoint the new Covid-19 case on the island has "upset people here greatly".  Read more Video, Audio

Health officials are thinking smaller and more nimble as they try to reach the half million people who have not had a first dose of the vaccine.

First were the 'Shot Bro' buses, now vaccine campers… Read more Video, Audio

Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare has told many DHBs they need to do better in their vaccine rollout to Māori. 

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To Australia, where an urgent search for a missing four-year-old girl feared abducted is being hampered by extreme weather.

Cleo Smith went missing from a campsite in a rural area on the coast of… Read more Video, Audio

All Black hooker Codie Taylor choked back tears at an emotional All Blacks press conference today as he paid tribute to his teammate Sean Wainui.

25-year-old Wainui, who played for the Māori All… Read more Audio

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As Te Tai Tokerau prepares to move down alert levels, a Whangārei doctor is pleading with people to get vaccinated - saying the effects of not doing so, will be absolutely devastating.

There are… Read more Audio

An Auckland theatre has drawn the curtains on the 2021 season - saying even level two would be too hard to operate in.

The Basement Theatre in the central city hosts performances from theatre makers… Read more Video, Audio

Labour and National have put their differences aside to slash red tape around housing density, with the aim of making it easier and cheaper to build new homes.

New rules will allow up to three… Read more Audio