Checkpoint

Australia is throwing open its doors to international travel with flights resuming in as soon as 10 days.

It comes as Victoria and New South Wales hit 70 and 80 percent double dose levels, ease… Read more Audio

Checkpoint goes back to Newmarket where reporter Nick Truebridge hears from business owners about the support package announced by the government.

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Being held hostage by the unvaccinated. That's how some Auckland businesses feel as a 90 percent vaccine target is set for opening up.

Whilst they wait - more support has been announced, but many… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6278269415001 Video, Audio

Māori health experts are worried about the lack of a specific vaccination target for Māori in the reopening plan announced today.

Restrictions will ease once 90 percent of the population in each DHB… Read more Audio

There's been more support announced for Auckland businesses today, some of which are feeling the full effects of the drawn out lockdown.

The resurgence support payment has been doubled and the wage… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland will transition into the new 'traffic light' Covid-19 framework as soon as the region's three district health boards hit 90 percent of their eligible populations being fully vaccinated.

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Nita Blake-Persen speaks to Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins to ask whether Auckland will be in the new protection system by Christmas.

First she asks whether Northland should brace for… Read more Video, Audio

Once the Auckland region reaches 90 percent double-dosed with the vaccine, the newly revealed Covid-19 protection system comes into play.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has laid out a new traffic… Read more Audio

Covid put a dampener on much of the usual pomp and ceremony for the swearing in of the new Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro at Parliament today.

Absent this time, the hundreds-strong greeting line… Read more Video, Audio

A homeless advocate hopes health authorities listen to those on the frontline about the best way to reach at-risk communities for vaccination.

In April, Te Tuinga Whānau Trust's Tommy Kapai Wilson… Read more Audio

More than three months after severe flooding in Westport damaged hundreds of homes, many residents are left wondering when and if they will be able to return.

It exposed a town grappling with poverty… Read more Video, Audio