Covid 19

There are 41 new cases of Covid-19 today, 38 of them in Auckland and three in Wellington. The Director General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield said the majority of today's are linked to a subcluster… Audio

A vaccinologist says that children under 12 could be vaccinated against Covid-19 as soon as the end of the year.

Vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris told Checkpoint the clinical trials are nearly… Video, Audio

More than 200 New South Wales children aged nine and under, were diagnosed with Covid-19 at the weekend. To find out what led to so many children being diagnosed and to answer your questions on… Audio

All of New Zealand will remain at Alert Level 4 lockdown for another four days, until 11:59pm this Friday.

The Auckland region, however, will remain in lockdown until 11:59pm next Tuesday August 31.

Secondary school students facing high stakes assessments will be in lockdown until at least Friday night, and until the end of the month for Aucklanders.

The Ministry of Education says schools… Video, Audio

The whole country will remain in Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown until the end of the week.

That includes the South Island, despite the fact there have been no cases detected yet.

Bruce Smith is the… Video, Audio

"Delta has a head start on us" - the Prime Minister's words on Monday afternoon before she announced how Aotearoa will catch up.

The whole of the country will remain in Alert Level 4 lockdown until… Video, Audio

Former Tall Ferns captain Leone Patterson's love affair with California began in the early 1980s. These days, she is based in Alemada, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has lived for almost 20… Audio, Gallery

Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins' new book, Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century, examines the history of the world's most famous electric car company. He joins Jim to… Audio

The moment we'd been expecting to happen finally took place this week when New Zealand recorded its first community case of Covid-19. Professor Michael Baker returns to the show to answer your… Audio

Among other topics this morning, our Weekend Panellists will be discussing the current lockdown, how successful our vaccine rollout has been, the All Blacks decision to back out of the Bledisloe Cup… Audio

Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions. With New Zealand suddenly placed… Audio

Hundreds - including some of the first 12 to 15 years in the country - have been vaccinated against Covid-19 at a pop-up drive-thru clinic in South Dunedin.

Anxious to get their jabs amid the level… Video, Audio

There are calls for accessible covid testing for the disabled community - with many struggling to get swabbed.

One woman says she was forced to dehydrate herself so she could spend hours in line for… Audio

Lynfield College principal Cath Knell told Checkpoint she has asked officials to provide a pop-up testing centre at the school.

The big request from the community is for a pop-up Covid-19 testing… Video, Audio

Three Auckland secondary schools now have Covid cases to deal with. Along with Avondale College, staff and students at Northcote and Lynfield Colleges have now been told to isolate and get tested.

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There's been a spike in demand for community service providers across the motu during lockdown.

Food parcels, take away lunches and advise to those in need is being given - and providers are… Audio

The All Blacks have abandoned their plans to fly to Perth this weekend for the third Bledisloe Cup test - but say they remain committed to playing out the Rugby Championship.

The team was due to… Audio

Persistently high case numbers means- Greater Sydney's lockdown is extended by another month.

As Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports - tougher restrictions are being enforced too. Audio