Checkpoint

As Te Tai Tokerau prepares to move down alert levels, a Whangārei doctor is pleading with people to get vaccinated - saying the effects of not doing so, will be absolutely devastating.

There are… Read more Audio

An Auckland theatre has drawn the curtains on the 2021 season - saying even level two would be too hard to operate in.

The Basement Theatre in the central city hosts performances from theatre makers… Read more Video, Audio

Labour and National have put their differences aside to slash red tape around housing density, with the aim of making it easier and cheaper to build new homes.

New rules will allow up to three… Read more Audio

The peak of Canterbury's social calendar has been scrapped this year - with the Addington Cup Week closed to the public for the first time in more than a century.

It's the latest in a slew of… Read more Video, Audio

It's a record there is no medal for - 94 new cases of Covid Delta in the community.

Eighty-seven of those are in Auckland and seven in Waikato. It is the highest daily case count the country has… Read more Audio

PhD students say it's unfair and short-sighted for the government to exclude them from the new fast-track residence policy.

They say they're being ignored even though they're highly-skilled and have… Read more Audio

Health authorities are warning vaccination rates aren't high enough to loosen restrictions yet as they chase down the half a million unvaccinated people.

Auckland's just a whisker short of the 90… Read more Audio

There's mixed feelings in the South Island over the government's continued decision to hold at alert level 2 despite more than a year since the last community Covid case.

Some say the safety-first… Read more Audio

It's a step down the alert levels for Northland with the region moving down to alert level 2 at 11:59pm Tuesday.

But the north stays cut off from the rest of the country, with Auckland staying at the… Read more Video, Audio

Christmas is back on in Queensland with the Premier announcing once the state reaches 80 percent double vaccinated, the border will reopen to fully-vaccinated arrivals, who will be able to do home… Read more Audio

Hard work is going on in Tairāwhiti to boost the low Covid-19 vaccination rate.

The region, including Gisborne and the East Cape had the lowest Super Saturday numbers and it has the lowest first dose… Read more Audio

Time for the government to hammer home compulsory vaccination for construction workers, according to a building industry group.

Master Builders wants all building and construction sector workers… Read more Video, Audio