Covid

Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whānau a Apanui spokesperson and Ōpōtiki District Councillor Louis Rapihana told Checkpoint the iwi's request for holiday visitors to stay away was partly prompted by local… Video, Audio

The Director General Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Kosi Latu's response to COP26, more pledges and promises without real action. Also, a small New Zealand emergency… Audio

An emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning, ahead of tomorrow's Auckland border announcement. Audio

A Covid testing expert believes surveillance testing in schools with unvaccinated children can help keep the virus in check and reassure parents its safe for kids to head back to class.

In Auckland… Video, Audio

The government's been under attack in Parliament over its plan to transition New Zealand into the traffic light system.

The pressure's on with more than 220 cases today, and people wanting to know… Audio

Anger stirred up by Covid-19 has some MPs facing an increase in threats and abuse and looking for more security.

Those opposed to Covid vaccinations, mandates and restrictions are increasingly… Audio

The Delta outbreak has nibbled away at Labour's popularity, but National is not exactly benefitting from it.

In the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll, Labour is at 41 percent - down two points -… Video, Audio

Waikato will drop back to alert level 2 at 11:59pm Tuesday, despite new cases popping up in the region. And the government's announced the booster dose will be available from the end of the month, for… Video, Audio

Testing sites in Woodville were busy today following the discovery of two cases there yesterday.

Manawatū reporter Jimmy Ellingham and camera man Angus Dreaver have more.

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Unvaccinated health workers may have worked their last day - with the Covid vaccine mandate coming into effect at midnight.

It's as the government announces a booster scheme will start on November 29… Video, Audio

There has been a testing and vaccination blitz in Taupō after five cases of Covid-19 were confirmed there.

Two hundred people turned out for a dose of Pfizer on Monday and 573 got tested - six times… Audio

An unwanted visitor has made its way to Rotorua, where new Covid cases have leaked out of Auckland and into the community.

The Lakes District is one of several areas with lower vaccination rates -… Video, Audio

School's out for unvaccinated teachers, with Monday the last day they've been given to get the first dose of the vaccine.

From Tuesday they're not allowed back to work on the school grounds… Audio

Parts of Waikato will move to Alert Level 2 at midnight tomorrow - in what may be one of the last alert level changes before the new traffic light system comes into force. Audio

Panellists Livia Esterhazy and Tim Watkin discuss the post-Cabinet government Covid-19 press conference, and Portugal's ban on out of work emails. Audio

Labour is beginning to hurt in the polls as rating of Covid management slump and another day of more than 200 infections yesterday. Also at COP26 New Zealand pledges an completely unquantifiable sum… Audio

Thousands of protesters marched on Parliament earlier this week with a mixture of motives on display. Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier has spent the last few years diving down conspiracy theory… Audio

With a little under two weeks until NCEA exams kick off, you might have an anxious teenager in the house. Of course, Covid has thrown a curveball into this year's preparations - particularly for… Audio

If a black swan is an unpredictable event, the Covid-19 pandemic is a grey rhino, says economic historian Adam Tooze. Audio

Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen is in Kawakawa with the latest details on the lockdown announcement.

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