Covid 19

Covid-19 numbers have taken a bit of a slide today with 15 new cases in the community - all in Auckland.

There are now 970 cases linked to the delta outbreak but almost 400 of those people have… Audio

While Auckland remains in level four lockdown, the rest of the country is enjoy the relative freedoms of level 2.

And with that - for many people - it means going back to the office.

Hamish Cardwell… Audio

Rotorua is bracing for the prospect of school holidays without lucrative Auckland visitors if the supercity stays in super restrictive Covid-19 alert levels.

Auckland is in level 4 lockdown until at… Video, Audio

The next round of school holidays are looming. Auckland has been shown the light at the end of the tunnel, Tuesday 21 September, when Cabinet has penciled in a move to alert level 3.

Even then… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6272436898001 Video, Audio

Figures released to Checkpoint under the Official Information Act show five out of eight universities had an increase in cheating last year. Lecturers say the issue is far worse than figures show, as… Audio

One of the country's largest steel building product providers is reinforcing its own Covid-19 defences, paying a bonus to workers if they get fully vaccinated.

Steel and Tube is offering workers $150… Video, Audio

The school holidays are just around the corner but some parts of the country are expecting to miss out on an influx of visitors from Auckland.

Lockdown meant Wanaka lost weeks of prime ski season… Video, Audio

The testing and vaccination blitz is on in Auckland, with the Prime Minister urging people in the city to bring their vaccinations forward.

She's urging people to roll up to the drive-throughs to get… Audio

Palmerston North is thriving in ways other parts of the country haven't, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

While some parts of New Zealand are heavily reliant on one or two industries, Palmerston… Video, Audio

ACT leader David Seymour is calling time on the government's elimination strategy, saying it may be time to give up on trying to stamp out the virus altogether.

He has suggested a holding pattern… Video, Audio

Level 4 has been extended for one more week, making it the longest stretch any part of the country has been in hard lockdown.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Te Pirimia, Jacinda Ardern… Audio

The tentacles of Auckland's lockdown pain are stretching beyond the city limits, to towns who welcome Aucklanders for holidays.

The Prime Minister has revealed there will be no further shifts down… Video, Audio

The building and construction sector has just a few days worth of some Auckland-based products left.

According to suppliers some key materials are already unavailable.

Last week the government gave… Audio

One more week of level 4 restrictions is “probably not” a long enough time to contain the Auckland Covid-19 Delta outbreak, University of Auckland epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson tells Checkpoint… Video, Audio

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Tourism operators in Te Tai Tokerau are feeling the strain as holiday makers remain blocked from driving through Auckland's level 4 lockdown.

A new direct flight between Kerikeri and Wellington is… Audio

Otago locals are furious an Auckland couple flouted level 4 lockdown escaping Auckland for a family holiday home in Wanaka.

The 35-year old man and his 26 year old partner crossed Auckland's southern… Video, Audio

With Auckland still locked in level four, the key message remains test test test.

Seven suburbs in Tamaki Makaurau are being targeted in a testing drive.

Among them is Ōtara, where our reporter Nick… Video, Audio

Auckland will remain at Covid-19 level 4 lockdown until next Tuesday, then likely move to level 3. And the rest of the country will stay at level two for another week.

People in seven Auckland… Video, Audio