Checkpoint

Healthcare students are being recruited to help take the pressure of Covid-19 testing stations that have been slammed during this Delta outbreak.

Some people faced waits of up to nine hours with… Read more Video, Audio

In the South Island people are enjoying - in the safety of their bubble - an early arrival of spring.

Lots of people have been out on their state-mandated exercise lapping up some much-needed vitamin… Read more Video, Audio

At least 15,000 contacts and more than 400 locations of interest: as covid-19 cases rise, so too do the number of places where Aucklanders may have been exposed to it.

On the list: almost 30… Read more Audio

An Auckland community has offered to hold a funeral for the baby girl whose body was found at a recycling facility last week.

The baby was found in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga last Monday… Read more Audio

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Pacific community and health leaders say the government's vaccination campaign has not mobilised Pasifika to respond effectively to the Covid-19 rollout.

More than half of the current 148 cases in… Read more Audio

A vaccinologist says that children under 12 could be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as the end of the year.

Vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris told Checkpoint the clinical trials are nearly… Read more Video, Audio

The two people believed to be in the Crowne Plaza at the same time as the suspected source case have been tracked down.

Six people passed through the MIQ hotel's atrium when the person from New South… Read more Video, Audio

If you have battled the supermarket queues, you might be wondering why you cannot just go to your local fruit and vege store or the neighbourhood butcher.

It all comes down to an extensive list on… Read more Video, Audio

Covid-19 case numbers are still rising - with 41 new community infections reported today.

That figure is expected to get worse before it gets better. With almost 150 community cases, officials say… Read more Audio

What can we expect through this Covid-19 cluster, and when the cluster is brought under control?

According to one expert, Delta has changed the land so much the relative freedoms of the last 18… Read more Video, Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says all possibilities on the table for the South Island if no cases are found by Friday.

"I wouldn't rule anything in or out, we'll make those decisions… Read more Video, Audio