Checkpoint

Wellington mayor Andy Foster has been criticised for meeting with anti-mandate protesters. One of his colleagues - councillor Nicola Young has called it "an embarrassment".

She spoke to Lisa Owen.  Read more Video, Audio

Wellington businesses are becoming increasingly impatient at the demonstration that's pushing foot traffic away from them. Wellingtonians appear to be giving the Parliament protest a wide berth… Read more Video, Audio

Waikato is the latest area to roll out rapid antigen tests to combat increasing demand for Covid-19 testing.

The demand is causing delays in processing tests in the lab, with the DHB saying some… Read more Audio

The ongoing staffing crunch is hitting those at the front lines of the Covid outbreak. Just two nurses were available to care for a ward of 26 patients at Auckland Hospital during one shift last week.

Police and protesters have faced off yet again outside Parliament today, as the stand off enters a third week.

Three police officers have been taken to hospital after they were sprayed with an… Read more Video, Audio

So when did jumping on Google pass for actual scientific research? And why has a tsunami of disinformation exploded during the pandemic?

We've all heard of them, and we might even know someone who's… Read more Video, Audio

Shorter isolation periods and Rat tests for teachers could prevent a total return to online learning, according to an Auckland principal struggling to staff classes.

As Omicron cases grow in the… Read more Video, Audio

A coroner has heard a man feared his brother was alive but left for dead following the terror attack at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque.

Almost three years after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant… Read more Audio

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Police Assistant Commissioner Richard Chambers told Checkpoint the conflict this evening was after protesters had moved a concrete block and police had to put it back.

"Obviously we sent some staff… Read more Video, Audio

The advertising watchdog is looking into a billboard using the image of a Dunedin man who died after getting a Covid vaccine.

The anti-vax group Voices for Freedom has paid for the billboard… Read more Audio

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster told Checkpoint he is in high level talks regarding the Parliament protest but would not detail who he is talking to.

He said he is talking with government and police… Read more Video, Audio