Checkpoint for Monday 2 March 2020

5:07 PM.Cabinet has extended travel restrictions in response to the Covid-19 coronavirus which has now infected almost 90,000 people in 60 countries around the world.

Travel restrictions for people from… Read more Video, Audio

5:19 PM.So what impact will the spread of Covid-19 to at least 60 countries around the world have on travel? And what are your rights as a passenger if an epidemic becomes a pandemic? What protection does… Read more Video, Audio

5:25 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:27 PM.A teenage boy has described being beaten, stabbed and fed only stale food by the man accused of using him as slave in Hawke's Bay.

He is the last, and youngest, of the 13 complainants to give… Read more Audio

5:40 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has publicly reprimanded Cabinet Minister Shane Jones, labelling his language around Indian immigrants as "loose and wrong".

The New Zealand First MP said Indian… Read more Video, Audio

5:44 PM.The Prime Minister says she is devastated that members of the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch have been the target of a terror threat.

It's almost a year on from the March 15 terror attack, in which… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.Iwi companies worth billions of dollars are unphased by a year of poor returns.

A new report from consulting firm T-D-B Advisory found that most iwi are too reliant on investments in property and… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.One of the weapons on the front line of the battle against corona-virus is believe it or not - hand washing.

Sounds simple doesn't it? But there is very much a right way and a wrong way to wash your… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Two more people here in New Zealand are being tested for Covid-19 coronavirus.

It comes as the government announced wider restrictions for travellers on Monday afternoon.

Those arriving from the… Read more Audio

6:10 PM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the extension of restrictions to cover North Italy and Korea was a balanced and precautionary approach.

Ardern told reporters Cabinet had also signed off on a $4… Read more Audio

6:12 PM.As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, what are incoming passengers being told about Covid-19 when they arrive at Auckland Airport?

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth spoke to passengers… Read more Video, Audio

6:15 PM.A travel agency says bookings for cruises have dropped by double digits, along with cancellations due to Covid-19.

House of Travel boss, Brent Thomas says generally people are concerned about whether… Read more Video, Audio

6:19 PM.The ANZ Bank has spent the day trying to convince the court a claim against it for damages related to the crash of the Ross Asset Management company should be ruled out.

The investors say the bank… Read more Audio

6:25 PM.A Fox Glacier local says the clean up of the area's rubbish strewn river is being forgotten.

A deluge washed out a closed landfill near Fox Glacier, leaving old garbage snagged on logs or buried… Read more Audio