Checkpoint

Masked-up Aucklanders cautiously made their way back to school and work today as the city returned to something resembling normal.

It was still quieter than before the latest level 3 lockdown… Read more Video, Audio

In Tokoroa, Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro spoke to locals about how Covid-19 is affecting their town. Read more Audio

The government maintains it made the right call moving Auckland down an alert level, despite some of the country's top public health doctors worried it's too soon.

And the Health Minister say phone… Read more Audio

Some 10 years on from the devastating Canterbury quakes, the wait is still not over when it comes to law changes needed to improve the Earthquake Commission.

The government will not get it done until… Read more Video, Audio

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

In Victoria the death toll has risen by 41 in the Australian state at the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 outbreak.

The number of daily infections has fallen to a near two-month low, with 73 new… Read more Video, Audio

Firefighters are continuing to battle a large scrub fire in the South Island's Mackenzie District.

The fire is believed to have started around half past eleven yesterday morning near Lake Pukaki.

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The Education Minister has issued a plea for all Auckland parents to send their children back to school, after thousands opted to stay away from classrooms today.

Around 250,000 children were… Read more Audio

NZ businesses are being warned to batten down the hatches as cyber criminals expand their targets after taking down the stock exchange for the fifth consecutive trading day.

Two media outlets, RNZ… Read more Audio

Resilience has been a valuable commodity over the past six months. And for the New Zealand wheelchair rugby community, there's been no shortage of positivity and ability to get through in the… Read more Video, Audio

The National Party has pledged it will keep the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter running for at least five more years - if it is elected in October.

The clock is already ticking down to the closure of… Read more Audio

Green Party co-leader James Shaw is facing criticism from party members for approving nearly $12 million in funding for a privately-owned 'green' school in Taranaki.

It flies in the face of the… Read more Video, Audio