New Zealand

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6269395694001 Video, Audio

Some people are enjoying lockdown in the comfort of a campervan by the beach, and they're all allowed to.

A seaside site in Napier has been opened by the city council so people can self-isolate in… Audio

Health authorities are trying to confirm how a Middlemore emergency department nurse caught Covid-19.

The person is fully vaccinated and wore PPE at appropriate times according to the Ministry Health… Video, Audio

There are now more than 480 places of interest in the Covid-19 Delta outbreak. There are also more than 20,000 contacts in the cluster.

Today there was a record 62 cases linked to the Delta cluster… Video, Audio

Police in Northland are setting up checkpoints to ping those who are out on the roads and shouldn't be.

Three checkpoints are being set up at entry points from the south into Northland.

Our reporter… Video, Audio

"Regrettable" is how the Covid-19 Response Minister has described the slow response to a vaccine botch up, that may have resulted in five people possibly missing a Covid-19 vaccine.

More than 700… Audio

From Greymouth to São Paulo's slums, Roy Arbon's adventure ends in kidnap and imprisonment on foreign soil, leaving him facing life behind bars. The Scam, is released today and Director Ollie Dawe… 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

Tributes have been flooding in for the late Deputy Prime Minister Sir Michael Cullen.

He died last night in Whakatāne after being diagnosed with advanced lung cancer last year.

Sir Michael played a… 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

The economic impact of lockdown is starting to bite.

In Auckland's CBD - a week of level four restrictions is estimated to cost at least $20 million in consumer spending.

Samantha Gee has more. Audio

Thousands of people need to get covid tests as the locations of interest balloon.

But not all GP surgeries are offering swabs - forcing people to swamp community testing centres, where they have… Video, Audio

Sir Michael Cullen's life and legacy are being celebrated across the political spectrum today.

The former Deputy Prime Minister died in Whakatāne last night after being diagnosed with lung cancer… Video, Audio

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