Checkpoint

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

Opposition MPs are asking whether New Zealand went too hard in its initial response to Covid-19 - pointing out Australia has turned its numbers around with a more lenient approach.

But the… Read more Audio

The Finance Minister has given the country a sneak peek at what Alert Level Three and two might mean for those longing to return to work.

Addressing the Epidemic Response committee, Grant Robertson… Read more Audio

A review has been ordered into aged care after the Rosewood Rest Home became New Zealand's deadliest cluster.

Six of the nine people who have died in New Zealand from coronavirus have been residents… Read more Video, Audio

Another three lives have been lost in the country's deadliest Covid-19 cluster: A group of Christchurch dementia patients shifted from Rosewood Rest Home & Hospital to Burwood Hospital last week.

The… Read more Audio

Supermarkets are closed tomorrow for the first time since lockdown began and despite the big queues on Thursday, there are assurances there are plenty of Easter eggs to go around.

Katie Doyle reports… Read more Audio

It is the biggest day of his career for Countdown's head of produce.

On Thursday Grant Robinson took receipt of his biggest ever pick of fresh fruit and vegetables - bananas by the millions, potatoes… Read more Video, Audio

EQC was ill-prepared to deal with the wide spread damage of the Christchurch Earthquakes and as a consequence its reputation been left in tatters with many seeing the commission as uncaring, miserly… Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister says we are turning the corner, but to win this marathon battle against Covid-19, we need to keep pushing.

For the fourth day running, the number of new cases has continued to drop… Read more Audio

Step away from the campervan, put the tent back in the cupboard and rid yourself of any suggestion you might be headed away on an Easter Holiday this weekend.

Police have already had to deal to a few… Read more Video, Audio

Two New Zealand families are keeping video diaries for Checkpoint during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Last week 73-year-old retiree Tricia was battling to keep happy hour at a respectable hour in her… Read more Video, Audio

One of Auckland's famous shopping strips, Dominion Rd is showing the signs of stress - as 'for sale' and 'for lease' signs start filling shop windows.

It's a vibrant, bustling stretch of road, full… Read more Video, Audio