Border Control

Northland's checkpoints started smoothly today, with last minute background checks holding up some Tai Tokerau Border Control workers the only speed bump.

Thousands of cars heading north passed… Video, Audio

For various reasons, there are a number of countries around the world that do not officially exist. But that didn't stop Brazilian author Guilherme Canever trying to visit them all. He's written about… Audio

Just as Asia has led the way in coping with Covid-19, financial commentator Jeffrey Haley is also picking the continent -- particularly China, which has never exported more than it did last year -- to… Audio

"Very, very soon" - that's when the government says we can expect a decision on how and when returning New Zealanders will be charged for their stay in isolation hotels.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Audio

Cabinet ministers have yet to decide whether returning Kiwis should be charged for their stay in managed isolation or quarantine.

Kiwis overseas are panicking at the prospect - after the Opposition… Audio

People with exemption visas to travel to New Zealand have been prevented from boarding a Malaysia Airlines flight from Cambodia, after the airline refused to accept their paperwork.

A New Zealander… Audio

There are more than 10 million Covid cases around the world and climbing - and more than half a million dead so far.  New South Wales won’t take flights from neighbouring Victoria right now. But there… Audio

Meanwhile, a man who arrived back in New Zealand to be with his dying father has described a hellish four days confined to an Auckland hotel room with no opening windows.

Chris Tunbridge is staying… Audio

The government is ramping up its border control measures amid two new positive cases today - both at quarantine hotels in Auckland.

One is a teenage woman who arrived from Pakistan, and was on the… Audio

Nights' Pundit and Chief Economist at The New Zealand Initiative, Dr Eric Crampton is our first guest to join us in the studio for quite some time. He's been taking a look at some ideas for New… Audio

Therese Mitchell has just touched down in Auckland after a harrowing experience in Italy as part of a New Zealand tour group. She is about to return home to Christchurch, where she will be… Audio

A nine-year-old Cook Islands girl is finally set to return to her parents after enduring an almost two-week detention in the United States. Ngatupuna Raela's family say they just want her home, while… Audio

The Cook Islands shadow police minister says the government, police and border control need to wake up to presence of methamphetamine in the country. Audio

The conservation and tree protection organisation The Tree Council, says a new fungal disease wiping out Hawaii's native pohutukawa could easily spread to New Zealand because our border control is so… Audio

The government is being warned to take better control of who enters and leaves the country, following the release of documents from the Phillip John Smith inquiry. Audio