Checkpoint

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

A Covid-19-positive Donald Trump has drawn sharp criticism after surprising supporters outside the hospital where he is being treated with an impromptu presidential drive-by.

The 74-year-old masked… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand's largest city and the site of the largest Covid-19 cluster will join the rest of the country in alert level 1 on Wednesday at 11:59pm.

The announcement by the Prime Minister in… Read more Audio

Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.

Hugh and Dwayne are the owners of The Barn at Killin B&B at Lake Ohau. They… Read more Video, Audio

Lake Ōhau residents have been allowed in to see what's left of their village, after fires ripped through over the weekend.

A bus convoy left shortly after midday from the make-shift welfare centre in… Read more Video, Audio

It's just under one hectare in size, captures the sun to produce electricity and floats on water.

New Zealand's largest and only floating solar array has officially opened in Auckland's Northshore… Read more Video, Audio

US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania have both tested positive for Covid-19.

Mr Trump tweeted the news a very short time ago. It comes after his advisor Hope Hicks revealed earlier she was… Read more Video, Audio

It was a big day on the campaign trail today, with politicians pumping out policy on the eve of advance voting.

Labour revealed its largely unchanged plan for housing in Auckland, while National… Read more Audio

Australia has announced plans for a one way travel bubble across the Tasman, with New Zealanders able to travel to New South Wales and the Northern Territory without having to quarantine, from October… Read more Video, Audio

An Auckland school which is bursting at the seams has had to transform its board room, staff room, prinicpal's office and now corridoors into classooms to make space for its skyrocketing roll.

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Not even Covid-19 has put a stop to runaway house prices, with first home-buyers spending up to $200,000 more than expected for their first home.

And measures introduced by both Labour and National… Read more Audio

A former Canterbury District Health Board member says the $180 million to wipe the boards deficit won't solve its deeper problems.

The Health Minister yesterday announced the equity injection to… Read more Audio