Checkpoint

The Prime Minister says rolling tangihanga will be allowed under alert level two, after backlash from Māori over a limit of 10 people.

On Monday Jacinda Ardern said the tangi and funeral limit would… Read more Audio

Principals are pondering what to do about bullrush, assemblies and drinking fountains under alert level 2.

They have to ensure the 800,000 children who go back to school on Monday do not break the… Read more Audio

The health system has received a huge cash boost in an early budget announcement, in part to help it catch up because of Covid-19.

The government will give more than $4 billion to District Health… Read more Audio

The promise not to get political over Covid-19 has gone out the window, with tempers running high in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

The Prime Minister was forced to defend a controversial memo her… Read more Audio

A doctors' union fears the Waitematā District Health Board is covering up mistakes that led to seven of its staff contracting Covid-19.

Staff from Waitakere Hospital tested positive for the… Read more Audio

The Tourism Minister is under fire for not acting fast enough in response to Covid-19 impacts.

Tourism operators say hundreds of thousands more jobs could be lost while they wait for details of a… Read more Audio

A collective of social service providers is calling on the government to urgently increase benefit levels further as the poverty rate continues to climb in New Zealand.

The Ministry of Social… Read more Video, Audio

Josh Thomas owns Woof Bar in Dunedin. Under level 2 guidelines, restaurants can open on Thursday but bars will have to wait until next Thursday May 21 to open their doors.

Josh has found that… Read more Video, Audio

In Wellington people have mixed about the move to level 2. Some believed the time is right for life to go back to some sense of normality, but others were concerned some have not been following social… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand is about to be back open for business, but not all at once and not for gatherings larger than ten people.

The Prime Minister on Monday laid out how the country will move to alert level… Read more Audio

The family of a lung cancer patient recently returned from Australia are begging for the immunotherapy drug Keytruda to be funded in New Zealand.

They have the support of the Lung Cancer Foundation… Read more Audio

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