Checkpoint

Omicron has put the brakes on booster vaccine rates and the communities lagging behind could be set to stay there for some time.

Just 11 percent of Aucklanders in hospital with Covid, have been… Read more Audio

A special ceremony was held in central Wellington in the wee hours of this morning, to mark the return of a very special waka.

Unearthed in the banks of Te Awakairangi or the Hutt River, the waka is… Read more Video, Audio

Dairy giant Fonterra has reported a lower half-year profit as higher milk prices raised costs and cut its margins.

While a dip in profit might usually make shareholders nervous, the record milk… Read more Audio

Two Dunedin students have been taken to hospital after falling from a roof and a balcony during St Patrick's Day celebrations in the city's student quarter.

Some students have been drinking since the… Read more Video, Audio

It's a nightmare scenario for a couple just before their wedding day: the photographer, the makeup artist or the celebrant tests positive for Covid and there's a mad scramble to find a replacement.

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Dunedin police sergeant Aaron Burgess has told Checkpoint there has been another incident of a student falling during St Patrick's Day partying.

"We've just had another incident where an intoxicated… Read more Video, Audio

There's 930 people in hospital with Covid today; 23 of them in ICU or a high dependency unit.

And the death curve is steepening, 10 reported today, bringing the total number of Covid related deaths… Read more Video, Audio

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The welcome mat's out for tourists but not if they are arriving by cruise ship.

Vaccinated Australian visitors can fly to New Zealand from April 13 without having to isolate. It's May 2 for visa… Read more Video, Audio

Petrol pain, a food price frenzy, is the cost of coffee next? Well it certainly appears to be across the ditch, where reports say the morning brew could soon be costing some Aussies seven dollars a… Read more Audio

South Westland businesses say the border reopening dates mean they can start edging out of survival mode after two years of hanging on by their fingernails.

Close to 400 jobs were lost in the area… Read more Audio