Checkpoint

A Mount Maunganui bakery has been forced to close for 14 days and throw out all their stock after a Covid-19-infected truck driver from Auckland visited twice.

There are 11 new cases of Covid in the… Read more Audio

The trans-Tasman bubble has no chance of re-inflating for at least another eight weeks.

Meanwhile, with Covid-19 case numbers continuing to increase in New South Wales, Victoria, and the Australian… Read more Audio

The case of the NPC rugby players who wrongly obtained exemptions to travel out of Auckland's level 4 lockdown is now in the hands of police, MBIE has confirmed.  Read more Video, Audio

Police are investigating the death of three children in Timaru, after officers were alerted to the triple homicide last night.

Emergency services were called to a Queen Street flat in the suburb of… Read more Video, Audio

Locals in a small, rural district in Hawke's Bay are worried a proposed large housing development will destroy their beloved landscape forever.

A couple wants to build more than 300 homes near the… Read more Video, Audio

Some families impacted by this latest Delta outbreak have been given the all clear to leave quarantine.

They are being supported by Pasifika groups with temporary housing bridging a gap before they… Read more Video, Audio

A pensioner stranded in Queensland with serious health issues is struggling to pay for her medication and is desperate to get home to Hokianga before her superannuation is cut off.  Read more Video, Audio

A Northland farmer grappling with feral dogs attacking her stock has managed to catch one and fit it with a GPS collar.

The issue came to a head in July when more than a hundred stock were killed on… Read more Audio

MIQ is doing a roaring trade at the moment but it is not the kind you might think. Auckland Zoo's three new lions are currently quarantining after coming here from Australia.

Twin sisters Aziza and… Read more Video, Audio

Three of New Zealand's traditional allies have announced a major security partnership - the US, UK, and Australia - but New Zealand itself did not get an invite.

Opposition parties are asking why New… Read more Audio

Officials at a Northland marina are reviewing Covid-19 protocols for boaties arriving from the Pacific, as dozens head home during the cyclone season.

Tai Tokerau Border Control has raised concerns… Read more Audio

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