Lisa Owen

After three months at home, Auckland students will be allowed back in the school gates next week.

But for primary and intermediates it will only be part time to minimise the Covid risk.

The… Audio

A place in yet another major tournament final awaits the Black Caps at cricket's T20 World Cup.

New Zealand will feature in the first semifinal against England in Abu Dhabi early tomorrow morning… Audio

A man with Covid-19 has suddenly died while isolating at home - the third such incident in the past week.

The man - who was in his 60s - had been staying at a home in Glen Eden in west Auckland. The… Audio

Sylvia Park mall spokesperson Linda Trainer tells Checkpoint it was 'a great day' as shops reopened to customers on the first day of level 3 step 2 restrictions.

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The first taste of normality for Aucklanders today - with retailers swinging open the doors for the first time in three months.

At alert level 3 step 2 shops can reopen but with masks and social… Video, Audio

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Police Association boss Chris Cahill says with at least 650 police officers assigned to Auckland's regional Covid border, it is a "real strain on Auckland". Video, Audio

A New Plymouth school community is reeling after three staff members died in a road crash in Horowhenua.

Four people died when a truck and a van collided at Kuku on State Highway 1 just after 3pm… Audio

The Prime Minister visited Auckland for the first time since Delta arrived in the region, for a few hours on Wednesday.

The decision not to visit battling retailers, cafes and bars did not go down… Video, Audio

The government has announced all primary school students in Auckland and Waikato can return to the classroom next Wednesday, but not all at the same time.

Education and Covid Response Minister Chris… Audio

Barack Obama stole the show at COP26 today, but New Zealand has been given the crucial task of making sure countries' pledges and reduction efforts are not all just hot air.

The fate of island… Audio

An Aucklander with Covid-19 has confined herself to a caravan in her backyard, and says she feels abandoned by health authorities.

About 2,000 people with the virus are isolating at home and those… Audio

A health expert wants Air New Zealand to go a step further and implement a no jab, no fly rule domestically.

The airline's announced travellers who are 12 and over will need to show proof of… Audio

Rhythm & Vines festival founder Hamish Pinkham is welcoming the government's plan to underwrite summer festivals that may face cancellations or postponements due to Covid restrictions.

He told Checkp… Video, Audio

A year ago today, a weather bomb ripped through Napier, leaving a flood in its wake.

Nearly 600 properties were damaged, with over 100 left uninhabitable.

Almost 200 people had to leave their homes… Audio

Auckland retailers are asking customers to be patient tomorrow as they work out the new alert levels rules on the job.

The city moves to level 3 step 2 on Wednesday - allowing shops to reopen with… Video, Audio

In Twizel one woman is using pedal power to turn food scraps into compost.

Coraline Scully has set up Twizel's compost bike - a free service to collect people's food scraps and divert them from… Video, Audio

The Ruapehu District Mayor is bitterly disappointed that teachers at a small rural school in his region are refusing to get vaccinated.

Matiere School in King Country has a staff of three teachers… Audio

Air NZ estimates it could take up to six weeks to prepare to fly New Zealanders to their chosen Christmas destinations, so it needs a border call urgently.

Customers aged 12 or over will also need to… Video, Audio

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