Checkpoint

Auckland will remain in alert level three for a full two weeks, with the government announcing that the country will remain at current Covid-19 alert levels for 12 more days.

Prime Minister Jacinda… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

The cluster of community Covid-19 case has grown to 30, with 12 new confirmed cases and one probable.

And it's now spread outside of Auckland. Health officials are still treating it as a single… Audio

There is little to no optimism from Aucklanders that the city will return to Alert Level 2 restrictions at midnight.

The city - and the rest of the country - is anxiously waiting on the government's… Audio

Cabinet has been meeting since 3pm on Friday. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch is in Parliament with the latest. Video, Audio

Community transmission of Covid-19 has now spread beyond Auckland, with two new cases in Tokoroa.

As of today, there are 12 new cases in total and one probable case, meaning there are now 30 cases of… Audio

Earlier in the programme we asked listeners and viewers to send us pictures of you wearing your masks.

You've told us you've been making them out of all sorts of things, from socks to the sleeves of… Video, Audio

Aucklanders have once again mobbed testing clinics across the city - more of which have popped up to cope with the demand.

Traffic snaked for hundreds of metres outside some centres, where people who… Video, Audio

Health officials are still racing to track the the origins of the community outbreak of covid19 as the cluster hits 17 cases.

Since four members of the same Auckland family tested positive, a student… Video, Audio

Across the Tasman where Victoria has reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in three weeks.

Another 278 infections were recorded today along with eight further deaths. Bridget Burke has… Audio

A lot of hope is being pinned on the development of a vaccine for Covid-19, with the hope it will allow life to return to normal.

However experts say the public would need to have high confidence in… Audio

The political clash surrounding the Covid-19 cluster has escalated - with the Opposition, accused of peddling conspiracy theories.

Labour, New Zealand First and the Greens say National is being… Audio

A school community is on high alert, after one of its students tested positive for Covid-19.

The Mount Albert Grammar pupil is a close contact of the family who had four members test positive this… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

Despite a surge in Covid-19 cases in the Auckland community, it appears not everyone is onboard with the latest lockdown measures, which came into force at lunchtime yesterday.

Residents could also… Video, Audio

Checkpoint invited Minister Megan Woods, who is in charge of managed isolation and quarantine facilities, to get more information on where these community cases will be accommodated.

She provided… Video, Audio

Covid-19 testing stations in Rotorua were swamped on Thursday, and a pop up clinic was set up, as hundreds raced to be tested.

More details have been released about where some members of the south… Video, Audio

Health Minister Chris Hipkins has met with National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti to discuss the response to the new Covid-19 outbreak in New Zealand.

On Wednesday National leader Judith… Video, Audio

There is now officially a cluster of community transmission in New Zealand, with 13 new cases confirmed today.

They are all close contacts of the four cases identified on Tuesday, and all are in… Video, Audio

In Wellington many supermarkets saw floods of shoppers stocking up on supplies, and retailers and cafes dusting off the old Covid-19 tracing posters and social distancing signs.

Despite Wellington… Video, Audio