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New Lynn attack: Local councillor on impact
Residents continue to reel from shoppers being stabbed at a New Lynn supermarket in West Auckland on Friday.
They want to know why more wasn't done to prevent the terrorist from being able to carry… Audio
Police on checkpoints north and south of AKL borders
At midnight, Northland joined those of us south of Auckland at Alert Level 3. The shift down for Tai Tokerau means there are now checkpoints at the northern and southern boundaries of the Auckland… Audio
Covid-19: Harawira welcomes return of Northland-Auckland border
An iwi leader says it's about time there was a hard border between Auckland and Northland.
Checkpoints on the border of the two changed last night, before lockdown rules ease in Te Tai Tokerau.
Hone… Audio
Covid-19: Hard border between Auckland and Northland back
At midnight last night, Northland joined the rest of the country - south of Auckland - in alert level 3.
Auckland will remain at level four until at least 13 September, and police have set up five… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland's southern border closed again
Auckland's southern boundary is closed off to most travellers once again, after Alert Level 3 began for most of the country.
Reporter Andrew McRae spoke to Susie Ferguson from State Highway 1 at the… Audio
Covid-19: EMA on border crossing applications
The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.
Alan… Audio
Covid-19: Police back enforcing Auckland border
Border checkpoints are back in Auckland.
They will remain as long as Auckland, and currently Northland, remain at alert level 4, while the rest of the country has shifted to level 3.
Police… Audio
Covid-19: Auckland border cutoff re-established
New Zealand is once again officially divided along Covid-19 lines.
The country south of Auckland is now in lockdown level three and police checkpoints at five locations on the city's southern… Audio
Covid-19: Truck lobby on Auckland checkpoints
The Road Transport Forum is advising freight and stock truck drivers to have their paperwork ready at the Auckland-Waikato border to avoid long delays.
Police checkpoints on Auckland's southern… Audio
Police scour CCTV to find mum of baby left at Onehunga recycling facility
Police investigating the discovery of a baby girl's body at an Auckland recycling facility are scouring CCTV footage from around 100 trucks to find out how she ended up there.
Police scour CCTV to find mum of baby left at Onehunga recycling facility
Warning: Details in this interview may upset some listeners.
Police investigating the discovery of a baby girl's body at an Auckland recycling facility are scouring CCTV footage for the movement of… Video, Audio
Lockdown: Police give detail on Auckland border checkpoints
The police will screening people at roadblocks on the Auckland border as the city stays in alert level 4 and the rest of Aotearoa moves to alert level 3 restrictions.
Police superintendent Shanan… Video, Audio
Hapū-led checkpoint shut down, police establish static checkpoints
Police yesterday shut down an illegal hapū-led checkpoint in Te Araroa but have agreed to set up two static checkpoints tracking vehicle movements through Ngāti Porou rohe.
Lockdown breaches: Man with machetes in car warned
A man found with two machete knives in his car while breaching lockdown has been given a warning by Dunedin police.
Police 'pleased' with lockdown compliance, 29 people charged
People are generally complying with the lockdown though a small number of incidents are still cropping up, police say.
Covid-19: Police find men breaking rules by jet boating
For some, it seems, the idea of lockdowns, bubbles and staying local is hard to absorb.
Take the seven men from six separate bubbles who were found jet boating on the Makarora River in Otago on… Audio
Women journalists fear for their lives as Taliban takes over
*Aadila is a 20-something journalist who runs a news room in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. However, Afghanistan's female journalists, have had much to fear from the Taliban's surge. She joins the… Audio
Police release images of baby clothing as search for mother continues
Police have released photos of baby clothes amid an ongoing search for the mother of a newborn found dead at an Auckland recycling facility.
Top Stories for Friday 20 August 2021
Covid-19: Assoc Health Minister confirms 22nd case; Cabinet to make alert level 4 call today; Virologist not sure about genomic testing; Modeller on upcoming lockdown call; Testing centre lines… Audio
Covid-19 lockdown: Police turn away 200 vehicles heading to Coromandel
Police are promising to be out in big numbers for the level four lockdown, telling people the rules will be enforced.
They made eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests in several areas of the… Video, Audio