New Zealand

Schools and early learning centres partially reopened on Wednesday for the first time in five weeks.

The move allowed thousands of parents to return to work and thousands of children to get back into… Video, Audio

National's Trade, Tourism and Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says New Zealand should open the border to Australia with no isolation period either way by the end of 2020, and is urging… Video, Audio

From ballet to karate to singing - it is not just school that has gone online - after-school activities have too.

And many are realising the potential of virtual lessons.

Lydia Batham reports. Audio

The owners of catteries and kennels say they're relying on domestic travel opening up soon to save their businesses.

Under alert level 3 more of us can now go to work, but because we still can't… Audio

Ski field maintenance teams are on the mountains this week for the first time as operators get ready to open in June.

But the billion dollar industry, which employs about 3,000 people, still does not… Audio

Supermarket and rest home workers will likely be the target of new Covid-19 surveillance testing to keep the virus under control.

Today there were just two new Covid-19 cases confirmed - but images… Audio

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

School was back on Wednesday, but classrooms were largely empty with less than 8,000 pre-schoolers turning up to early childhood centres and less than 12,000 - one percent of school children turning… Video, Audio

Two sisters battling to get out of mandatory isolation early to see their dying mother says the exemption process is cruel and flawed.

The pair flew back to New Zealand from Melbourne on April 18, 11… Audio

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters marked his exit from isolation and return to Parliament on Wednesday with a speech revealing Cabinet was asked to consider closing the borders to everyone -… Audio

We're still hearing about patient trials of the Remdesivir and Hydroxychloroquine for treatment of Covid-19 patients, but Nobel Prize-winning professor Peter Doherty says neither option is shaping as… Audio

For the first time since 1915, there will not be any public gatherings tomorrow to mark Anzac Day. But we are being asked as a nation, during this lockdown, to mark Anzac Day by standing at dawn in… Audio

New Zealanders are buying up large on board games, home entertainment, education materials and alcohol.

The number of us using the electronic payment service PayPal for our online shopping has… Video, Audio

Broken bubbles, breached family court orders and children who haven't seen their parents in weeks - that is how many families with shared childcare arrangements are describing their experience of the… Audio

In the four weeks since the country's been in lockdown, 33,000 more people have ended up on the benefit.

The Ministry of Social Development says the demand is higher than the peak of the global… Audio

Checkpoint has been extensively covering the issue of Air New Zealand refusing refunds for customers whose flights were cancelled due to Covid-19 lockdowns.

On Friday night Consumer NZ's Jessica… Audio

Despite all ANZAC day services being cancelled due to Covid 19, New Zealanders across the country are coming up with new ways to remember the lives of soldiers who died fighting for New Zealand.

A… Video, Audio

Friday marks New Zealand's final Friday in level 4 lockdown.

With all things going to plan, this will hopefully be the last time we are under these restrictions.

The lockdown has been like nothing… Video, Audio

In lockdown activity is at an all time low, giving the environment and nature a chance to bounce back.

Auckland's air quality has reached the same level it was a century ago, wildlife are flourishing… Audio