Checkpoint

The whole country will remain in Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown until the end of the week.

That includes the South Island, despite the fact there have been no cases detected yet.

Bruce Smith is the… Read more Video, Audio

"Delta has a head start on us" - the Prime Minister's words on Monday afternoon before she announced how Aotearoa will catch up.

The whole of the country will remain in Alert Level 4 lockdown until… Read more Video, Audio

Hundreds - including some of the first 12 to 15 years in the country - have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at a pop-up drive-thru clinic in South Dunedin.

Anxious to get their jabs amid the level… Read more Video, Audio

Tributes have been flooding in for the late Deputy Prime Minister Sir Michael Cullen.

He died last night in Whakatāne after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer last year.

Sir Michael played a… Read more Audio

There are calls for accessible covid testing for the disabled community - with many struggling to get swabbed.

One woman says she was forced to dehydrate herself so she could spend hours in line for… Read more Audio

Lynfield College principal Cath Knell told Checkpoint she has asked officials to provide a pop-up testing centre at the school.

The big request from the community is for a pop-up Covid-19 testing… Read more Video, Audio

Three Auckland secondary schools now have Covid cases to deal with. Along with Avondale College, staff and students at Northcote and Lynfield Colleges have now been told to isolate and get tested.

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There's been a spike in demand for community service providers across the motu during lockdown.

Food parcels, take away lunches and advise to those in need is being given - and providers are… Read more Audio

The All Blacks have abandoned their plans to fly to Perth this weekend for the third Bledisloe Cup test - but say they remain committed to playing out the Rugby Championship.

The team was due to… Read more Audio

Persistently high case numbers means- Greater Sydney's lockdown is extended by another month.

As Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports - tougher restrictions are being enforced too. Read more Audio

The economic impact of lockdown is starting to bite.

In Auckland's CBD - a week of level four restrictions is estimated to cost at least $20 million in consumer spending.

Samantha Gee has more. Read more Audio

Thousands of people need to get covid tests as the locations of interest balloon.

But not all GP surgeries are offering swabs - forcing people to swamp community testing centres, where they have… Read more Video, Audio