Covid

Counties-Manukau DHB initially declined to accept a Covid-positive patient from Fiji, and the Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield questioned why Australia was not asked to take the woman.

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Covid-19 has popped up on the Coromandel Peninsula again, with a case in Whitianga.

The person is fully vaccinated so is isolating at home. Meanwhile the District Council is grappling with how to… Video, Audio

Wairoa has been left behind in the new traffic light system - with the rest of Hawke's Bay in the orange setting, it has stalled in the red.

Just 74 percent of people are double dosed in Wairoa -… Video, Audio

For some it is the traffic light at the of the Covid tunnel, but for others things have stalled.

The red light in the new Covid protection framework has more than $1.7 million Aucklanders moving… Video, Audio

Police and Northland iwi are planning checkpoints in Northland from December 15, when the borders around Auckland re-open.

And unvaccinated travellers who try to head there over summer will have "a… Video, Audio

Nelson's Covid cases have swelled today and health officials are still trying to work out where they've come from.

There are now 14 active cases in the area and another one will be officially added… Audio

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to look at how cases of the Omicron variant are on the rise as the British government looks to speed up its booster campaign. The UK and France are still at… Audio

After months in lockdown - the government's hoping it can bring Tāmaki Makaurau back to life with a $37.5 million injection. Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni, discusses the… Video, Audio

The government has announced a $37.5 million support package to put the sizzle back into Auckland's venues and events, but some in hospitality are not happy.

The government will subsidise 100,000… Video, Audio

In Northland, Aucklanders' bookings are being cancelled and Waitangi commemorations at the Treaty Grounds have been scrapped.

From December 15, unvaccinated people can travel north if they return a… Audio

Science commentator Dr Siouxsie Wiles joins Kathryn to talk about infections in immunocompromised people, and a new study which shows why it's a good reminder to be cautious and keep using masks, even… Audio

The brakes could be on major summer festivals after the government revealed red lights for their regions in the new traffic light system.

Nita Blake-Persen reports. Audio

For those areas in the red level of the new Covid traffic light system there are tougher restrictions, including 100 person limits in bars and restaurants.

Torben Land from the 2 Mile Sailing Club in… Video, Audio

"Beleaguered and weary" in the back room fight against Covid - that is how the team of 4,000 lab workers is feeling after what has been described as a "war-like onslaught" for their services according… Video, Audio

The Omicron Covid variant is spreading across the world, and with it fear of a major step-back in the pandemic.

More than a dozen people now have it in the Netherlands, eight in France, three in the… Audio

Tairāwhiti will go red on Friday - one of several North Island regions to head into the tightest restrictions in the traffic light framework.

Our reporter Tom Kitchin joins Lisa Owen from Gisborne.

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Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai has told Checkpoint the red level of the traffic light system is not like alert level 2.

"It's quite different... We've been in a privileged position of level two, and… Video, Audio

The Rhythm and Vines festival has hit a sour note with local iwi who are calling for the festival to be canned due to Covid concerns.

The festival, that usually kicks off on the 28 December is… Video, Audio

The government has announced all of the South Island will move orange in the new Covid protection framework.

That means no gathering limits for hospitality, weddings, funerals, close contact… Video, Audio

The new traffic light system is showing orange across most of the country on Friday, with just Auckland and 10 other North Island regions starting at red.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Cabinet… Video, Audio