Checkpoint

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

Many New Zealanders are breathing a sigh of relief after the Prime Minister announced today the country is moving down alert levels.

Auckland will be moving to level two from Wednesday midnight and… Read more Audio

Auckland Marathon organisers are betting on the event going ahead despite the double delimma of uncertainty around Covid-19 alert levels and Harbour Bridge repairs potentially forcing changes to the… Read more Video, Audio

Traffic is in severe gridlock in central Auckland as one onramp to the Harbour Bridge has been blocked, and cars are trying to get through the city to the Fanshawe Street onramp.

Checkpoint reporter… Read more Video, Audio

As Auckland commuters brace for another long evening in trickling traffic, relief is on its way from Taranaki.

A temporary replacement Harbour Bridge strut will be installed tomorrow night, after… Read more Audio

From midnight tonight all of New Zealand - except Auckland - will move back to Covid-19 alert level 1, more than a month after the Auckland outbreak.

There were no new cases of Covid-19 reported on… Read more Audio

To the US state of Oregan now where a group of more than a thousand volunteers known as the 'Hillbilly Brigade' have come together to fight one of the biggest fires in more than a century.

Nine… Read more Video, Audio

Covid-19 border restrictions have had a silver lining for cancer patients who were receiving treatment in Australia.

The Ministry of Health, Auckland District Health Board and other agencies have… Read more Audio

Tax cuts have now become a major election issue with National unveiling a massive - but short term - package.

It's worth about $4.5 billion and would run from this December to March 2022 - delivering… Read more Audio

Traffic in parts of the supercity are moving super slow this evening after a freak accident on Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

Some lanes on the bridge could be out of action for several weeks, after a… Read more Video, Audio

Queenstown hoteliers are lining up to welcome sport teams for bespoke isolation as they - and the teams - await some indication from the government about whether they'll be allowed in.

The resort… Read more Audio