Checkpoint

A group of 20 elderly residents being moved from their Christchurch rest home are currently considered New Zealand's most vulnerable. 

The group from Rosewood Rest Home's dementia unit are being… Video, Audio

Encouraging signs, as the number of new Covid-19 cases continues to level off - but a warning that we're a long way off the end goal of stamping the virus out.

On Monday there were 67 new cases… Video, Audio

Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for Covid-19, and are getting closer by the day.

Jacob Glanville, who's one of the stars of Netflix documentary… Video, Audio

Despite the drop in Covid-19 cases over the past week, the Director-General of Health says they will continue to rise.

Today the numbers jumped to 647 total after 58 new confirmed and probable cases… Audio

Walkers out for their daily exercise are getting to grips with the new etiquette of social distancing.

But it is not all as easy as it seems. From being shouted at by neighbours, to avoiding the… Video, Audio

Home support workers are relieved they're in line to get essential protective equipment when visiting clients.

The government has announced District Health Boards will be distributing stocks to front… Audio

Despite calls from the Law Society to defer property settlements, some sellers are still trying to force buyers to pay up, even though they can't move house for the next few weeks.

With almost 6,000… Audio

New Zealanders living in Australia are over the moon they'll be able to access emergency payments being provided amid job losses due to Covid-19.

It follows a plea last week from Jacinda Ardern for… Audio

New Zealand's largest company is emerging as a bright spot in the economic gloom.

Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says the co-op is in good financial heart and expecting to stay that way… Audio

Up to five million dollars of chilled meat is headed to landfill if independent butchers are not allowed to reopen within the next five days.

Group principal at the Aussie Butcher, Keith Oddy, says… Audio

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

What is it like on the front line of New Zealand’s supermarkets during the Covid-19 lockdown? 

There have been daily tears, racial abuse, and in some cases violence, a checkout staff member told… Video, Audio

Thousands of Air New Zealand workers are fighting to keep their jobs as the airline struggles with a massive drop in income.

The national carrier expects income to slump by $5 billion after slashing… Audio

Testing and tracing needs to be ramped up and more effort needs to be made to ensure New Zealanders returning from overseas are strictly quarantined.

Senior government officials and the Health… Audio

Kiwi Jenene Crossan has lost track of the days at North Shore Hospital. She has coronavirus. For her that means a sore throat and what she describes as a heavy chest and hacking cough.

She is case… Video, Audio

New Zealand's response to the global Covid-19 pandemic has ramped up again today after the Prime Minister urged people over the age of 70 to stay indoors - more than half a million people. 
 

There… Video, Audio

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced an alert system to manage New Zealand's Coronavirus outbreak. Currently New Zealand is at level two. Video, Audio

The government has unveiled its biggest economic plan in New Zealand's post-war history to support businesses hard-hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The $12.1 billion package, which represents four… Video, Audio

A man who stabbed one of the country's most notorious murderers more than 40 times has been sentenced to preventive detention.

Siuaki Lisiati, himself a convicted murderer, attacked double killer… Audio

The jury in the trial of a police officer accused of raping his colleague has heard closing addresses from both sides in the case.

The man, whose identity remains secret on appeal, is on trial in the… Audio