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New Zealand needs to be able to contact trace up to 1,000 cases of Covid-19 - in case of a large outbreak in the next two years.

That is among the recommendations in a new report into contact tracing… Read more Video, Audio

Horizon International manufactures paving stones for commercial courtyards, home patios and public spaces.

A staff of twenty they are not essential services, but they are integral to construction.

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Hawke's Bay Hospital is hoping a complete reconfiguration into Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 areas, will reassure the public that it is a safe place to seek help in a medical emergency.

The number of… Read more Audio

A New Zealand media expert says this country should waste no time in following an Australian decision to draw up a mandatory code forcing Facebook and Google to pay for content generated by… Read more Audio

At 11.59pm on Monday April 27 New Zealand will move to alert level 3 - five days and a holiday weekend longer than first anticipated.

But Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says our "team of five million"… Read more Video, Audio

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

A man living near the scene of a fatal police shooting in Auckland overnight heard screaming and yelling, and the man taunting neighbours to call the police, before he was killed.

Police say said the… Read more Video, Audio

Businesses being buoyed by government subsidies will welcome the announcement on Monday that some work can begin on getting ready for a transition to lockdown level 3 from 11:59pm on April 27.

But… Read more Video, Audio

How do New Zealanders feel about spending another week in lockdown? 

Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen has been speaking with locals in Auckland's Grey Lynn park. Read more Video, Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen to discuss Jacinda Ardern's announcement of changes to New Zealand's Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand will move to alert level 3 at 11:59pm Monday April 27, where the country will stay until at least May 11, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

She said whilst shifting levels… Read more Video, Audio

Living in the Jenkins household at Ōhope beach is like living in the land of the giants.

Those are the words of Mark Jenkins whose three sons - all rowing champions - had to rush home from their… Read more Video, Audio