Checkpoint

The chair of the inquiry in to the Earthquake Commission has grave concerns about the state of the housing stock in Christchurch due to EQC's failure to properly fix quake damage.

It's just one of a… Read more Audio

Staying home seems to be working. In the past 24 hours more people have recovered from Covid-19 than have caught it, it is the first time that has happened since New Zealand went into lockdown.

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There has been a u-turn on providing supermarket workers with a priority flu jab, and no explanation, Countdown's Kiri Hannifin told Checkpoint.

It comes as Countdown supplied 200,000 masks to… Read more Video, Audio

The tourism industry is preparing for a shake-up after the government announced a reboot in the wake of Covid-19. Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis says the project will re-imagine the way tourism is… Read more Audio

Educators say the nationwide move towards distance learning for students from next week will highlight the inequity among children in New Zealand like never before.

As schools prepare for the start… Read more Audio

Caregivers, home-support workers and nurses are accusing some district health boards of failing to give them enough masks or other protective equipment to stop them - or their patients - getting… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister remains cautiously optimistic about the fight against Covid-19, as the number of new cases in New Zealand continues to slowly fall.

Today there were 50 new confirmed and probable… Read more Audio

There might be a silver lining to being cooped up at home, it is forcing us to get back in the kitchen.

While some are re-kindling an old passion for cooking, for others the struggle to get their… Read more Video, Audio

After two weeks without greenkeeping, fungal diseases are starting take hold of some sports turfs and are wrecking thousands of dollars of damage.

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Cyclone Harold is bearing down on Fiji, where torrential rain has flooded rivers and powerful winds have already caused significant damage.

The storm has weakened somewhat - now Category 4 - but it… Read more Audio

Covid-19 hospitalisations seem to be levelling off in New York - the epicentre of the pandemic in the US. 

Centre for Disease Control figures show the United States has more than 370,000 cases of… Read more Video, Audio

Two Māori doctors have walked off the job at a Covid-19 testing clinic in west Auckland, after claims the urban Māori leader John Tamihere allegedly told his staff to lie so that they could be tested… Read more Audio