Checkpoint

To Australia, where officials are bracing for tens of thousands of Covid cases a day in coming weeks. It comes as states begin easing restrictions - despite a surge in cases, many the Omicron variant… Read more Video, Audio

A Covid cluster has cropped up in the South Taranaki town of Eltham - with 16 confirmed cases in the comunity. Fourteen cases are children - and 11 are from a single classroom at Etham Primary School… Read more Audio

The first wave of Aucklanders have flooded through Queenstown airport today, now that the city's border is open. Their arrival has been hotly anticipated by tourist operators desperate to revive their… Read more Video, Audio

'A national disgrace'. That is how the government is describing the efforts crown agencies went to, in order to avoid responsibility for abuse under their watch. It is committed to establishing a new… Read more Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6286891082001 Video, Audio

Sound the bell, Counties Manukau DHB has hit the 90 percent double vaccination target. The last of Auckland's three health boards to get over the line. Counties Manukau has the second biggest eligable… Read more Video, Audio

He's making a list, checking it twice, but this year Santa is also wearing a mask and checking you in. It's a Covid-style Santa visit in malls across Auckland this year, with the city still in the red… Read more Video, Audio

New South Wales is being warned it could see 25,000 cases a day by the end of January. The state has recorded its highest daily total in more than three months - yet new freedoms have come into effect… Read more Audio

Goodbye tumbleweed terminal, hello holiday. Auckland's Covid protection border has reopened, and on Wednesday Auckland Airport was with locals leaving lockdown land. After 120 days penned in, tens of… Read more Video, Audio