Checkpoint

The government is refusing to outline any vaccination targets linked with lowering lockdown restrictions until at least Friday.

Auckland will remain at alert level 1 step 3, for the next two weeks… Read more Video, Audio

A weekend party has been followed by a flurry of apologies, and a police investigation.

The get-together, at a house on Auckland's North Shore, took place under alert level 3. It has infuriated… Read more Video, Audio

Northland will move down to alert level 2 at 11:59pm Tuesday, after widespread testing failed to find any sign of Covid Delta in the community.

The region moved to alert level 3 just over two weeks… Read more Video, Audio

Cabinet has decided to keep Tāmaki Makaurau at alert level 3 step 1 for a further two weeks.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Cabinet did consider a short circuit-breaker lockdown in Auckland, in… Read more Video, Audio

One of New Zealand's most scenic spots is also one of the most remote, and vulnerable if it gets cut off.

Piopiotahi Milford Sound is preparing for how it would cope if it was left stranded in a… Read more Audio

The walk of a lifetime has come to a shuddering halt for trampers stuck in the upper North Island's alert level 3 lockdowns.

About 650 people are registered to walk the entire Te Araroa Trail - which… Read more Audio

Iwi leaders in Tairawhiti Gisborne want assurances from the government that their region will be protected from Covid-19. The threat of Covid-19 is heightened in the country's region with the most… Read more Audio

Another round of the wage subsidy opens today, and with Auckland in its ninth week of lockdown, businesses say they cannot hold on much longer. Hamish Cardwell spoke to some of them. Audio

The emergency allocation system for spots in MIQ is cumbersome and demands an unrealistic levels of evidence, with fewer than 10 percent of applications being approved in some categories according to… Read more Audio

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Or at least that's the hope, as Mr Whippy returns to the streets of Dunedin.

It's been more than 10 years since the ice cream vendor was based… Read more Video, Audio

Organisers of a Hawke's Bay cycling event have had to pull pin because someone's been scattering spikes and other sharp objects on the path it uses.

Cyclocross - which is like cross country cycling -… Read more Video, Audio

Weddings in alert level 3 can still go ahead but rather than lush and lavish they need to be more bespoke, intimate celebrations for just 10 people.

From flowers to multi-tier cakes and large orders… Read more Video, Audio