Checkpoint

The Ever Given ship has been partially refloated, after days of being stubbornly wedged in the Suez Canal.

Diggers trying to free the the ship removed 27,000 cubic metres of sand.

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Isolating returnees say bookings are back on for exercise buses at an Auckland MIQ hotel, despite a slip up that saw a returnee who had tested positive for Covid-19 bundled onto a bus with more than a… Read more Video, Audio

The Commerce Commission wants a 'please explain' after timber giant Carter Holt Harvey abruptly cut supplies to a number of building retail chains prompting concerns that costs will rise and… Read more Video, Audio

The Cooks travel bubble announcement has left some deflated, with few details other than May as the hoped for start time.

With Rarotonga estimated to be losing about $1 million a day in tourism… Read more Video, Audio

Under the cover of darkness this morning a milestone was celebrated in the efforts to increase the number of kokako.

From a population of just 300 breeding pairs in the late 1990s, the North Island… Read more Video, Audio

In the UK a 'no jab, no pint' plan has fallen flat with some publicans.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson floated the possibility of banning people from pubs unless they can produce a Covid-19 vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

A Rāhui will be placed on an area in Foveaux Strait following the discovery of a deadly parasite that could put the entire bluff oyster trade at risk.

Three wild oysters were found to be infected… Read more Audio

Investors who bought a house today will have scraped in on avoiding the government's extension to the brightline test.

Any property purchases, that are not the family home, made from next week, will… Read more Audio

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A global luxury car brand has dropped New Zealand's UFC star Israel Adesanya as its brand ambassador over comments he would rape an opponent.

Adesanya has apologised but the fallout continues.

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The boss of MIQ has pushed pause on exercise excursions beyond the gates of isolation hotels for 24 hours - while a series of botch-ups are investigated.

Returnees from the Grand Mercure hotel in… Read more Video, Audio