Checkpoint

Auckland's latest lockdown has been accompanied by serious concerns people simply are ignoring the level three rules, as well as those about isolating after getting a test.

The health officials say… Read more Video, Audio

The government is being urged to hurry up with its vaccination awareness campaign, to avoid being drowned out by the anti-vax movement. 

The Ministry of Health says it has plans for a paid… Read more Video, Audio

Since two new cases linked to the February cluster emerged on Saturday, Jacinda Ardern's expressed her frustrations with their failure to follow the rules - ultimately causing Auckland to go back into… Read more Audio

Papatoetoe High School Principal Vaughan Couillault told Checkpoint it is a tough week for everyone around the school community, but they are there to offer support. 

He said he has a skeleton crew… Read more Video, Audio

The rest of New Zealand is in Covid-19 alert level 2 - despite the current outbreak being centred in Auckland.

That means for everywhere outside of Auckland - gatherings are limited to 100 - meaning… Read more Video, Audio

The ripple effect of the latest alert level changes is being felt by event organisers today, with many scrambling to reschedule with others have been forced to can their event all together.

While… Read more Audio

The owner of a Hawke's Bay bar where a stray bullet from a shootout injured a staff member says the government is "delusional" about its efforts to quash gangs.

There have been several gang related… Read more Audio

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Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told Checkpoint he believes case N (mother of Case M) in the Papatoetoe Covid-19 outbreak is not related to family 2, so they could not have been in a wider… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland parents and students are once again getting on with at-home schooling for the fourth time in a year.

About 250,000 children are being taught from home this week as Tāmaki Makaurau endures… Read more Audio

On the other side of the city.. businesses were making the now familiar snap back into lockdown operations.

Bars, restaurants and shops have been forced to reverting back to level 3 operations - or… Read more Video, Audio

The government is being told to roll out clearer and smarter communications around the latest Covid-19 community outbreak, to make sure they are reaching into every corner, and culture of the country.