Checkpoint

On Thursday, the second day of Level 4 lockdown, locations of interest continue to balloon to well over 100.

On Thursday evening, the Ministry of Health added even more to that list.

Among them is… Read more Audio

An Afghan has told of his miraculous escape from Kabul this week, crammed aboard a US cargo plane.

Images from the plane have gone viral - of hundreds of people refusing to get off in the hopes of… Read more Audio

There are fears two Auckland events could be Covid-19 super spreaders, with close to 2,000 people deemed close contacts from just one night.

On Friday 13 - a now-positive case took late-night trips… Read more Audio

People have been waiting for seven or eight hours in Auckland for a Covid-19 test.

The number of locations of interest has ballooned to more than a 100, meaning people are coming out from all corners… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6268574034001 Video, Audio

The Avondale College exposure has left other Auckland schools racing to have their students tested.

Thousands of Auckland school students have been mingling with Avondale College students over the… Read more Video, Audio

Five members of the same family who are connected to Avondale College are among the new Covid-19 cases confirmed today.

There are now officially 21 community infections. It comes after a teacher at… Read more Audio

Despite the country being in Alert Level 4 lockdown, there are thousands of essential workers around the country, still at work.

Calls have been growing louder for those in public-facing roles to get… Read more Audio

Professor Philip Hill is an epidemiologist on two government Covid-19 advisory groups.

He told Checkpoint the genomic link to a New South Wales returnee is "a game-changer" for stopping the spread in… Read more Video, Audio

Could it be the missing piece of the puzzle? A potential link to the Covid-19 outbreak that's thrown the country into hard lockdown.

Today news that the cases could be linked to a recent returnee… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand is racing to get 50,000 people home from around the country inside the 48-hour government deadline.

Chief executive Greg Foran told Checkpoint it is a tough ask to meet the deadline.

It's back to home for the hundreds of thousands of school children across Aotearoa today, with the return of level 4 lockdown. Tom Kitchin has more. Read more Audio