Checkpoint

New Zealanders are being encouraged to get tested for Covid-19, as daily testing rates are falling well short of the Ministry of Health's own targets.

On Monday 1,608 tests were completed, with a… Video, Audio

There are questions about mental health care for those in managed isolation and quarantine following the sentencing of the first person to flee such a facility today.

Suzanne Marie Derrett was… Audio

It is impossible to tell if the $3 billion Provincial Growth Fund spending is value for taxpayer money, according to the Auditor General.

John Ryan's report released today raises concerns about a… Video, Audio

Storms, heatwaves, extreme rainfall and drought - along with more coastal erosion and risk of wildfires.

The first national climate change risk assessment out today paints a grim picture of the long… Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has shot down any hopes for an imminent travel bubble - despite Auckland Airport announcing its preparations for just that.

The airport plans to split its terminal into two zones… Audio

Meanwhile, New Zealanders in Melbourne are struggling as the light at the end of the tunnel gets pushed further away with a tighter Covid-19 lockdown.

For many people, it's another extension to the… Audio

Sandy Chong is the chief executive of the Australian Hairdressing Council, and says hairdressers in Victoria have been waiting for some direction about what the renewed lockdown will mean for them.

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The Victorian premier has announced 13 more people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the state's death toll to 136.

There are 429 new cases today, bringing the total active cases… Audio

In the Australian state of Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews is holding a press conference to announce more details on level four lockdown restrictions.

There were 429 new infections overnight and 13… Audio

For too long climate change has been dealt with by an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

That's how Climate Change Minister James Shaw has described the situation as the government released a… Audio

An Auckland gymnastics club is reeling over allegations of over-training and abusive coaching styles.

An article in this weekend's New Zealand Herald outlined accusations of abuse, body shaming and… Audio

Tracey Martin is the Minister for Internal Affairs and oversees Fire and Emergency.

She says there's an historical problem of bullying and harassment, but action is being taken to fix that. Video, Audio

Victims are worried a new body that will investigate allegations of sexual assault and bullying at Fire and Emergency New Zealand won't be independent.

Current and former firefighters say it needs to… Audio

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

Auckland Airport has announced it will split the international terminal into two separate zones in preparation for safe travel bubbles.

But the Prime Minister this afternoon said with the escalating… Video, Audio

Council owned lines company, Orion, has been accused at the High Court in Christchurch of obstructing the investigation in to the cause of the 2017 Port Hills fires.

Eighty claimants who suffered… Video, Audio

A fight in Porirua during which a man was stabbed and killed has been described as a "pack attack, vicious and sudden."

Hone Pawa died at the scene in May last year and Ngapaki Gripp is on trial for… Audio

A former Auckland school teacher is on trial in the High Court accused of abusing six teenage boys.

Benjamin Swann has pleaded not guilty to 10 charges of doing an indecent act on a young person.

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Foreigners stranded in New Zealand are making concerted pleas to stay here.

Yachties don't want to untie from New Zealand marinas to face the dangers of seasonal Pacific storms, and backpackers don't… Audio

The Covid-19 situation across the Tasman worsens and those in the state of Victoria are adjusting to a new life under lockdown for the next six weeks at least.

An 8pm till 5am curfew came into place… Video, Audio