Checkpoint for Thursday 22 April 2021

5:08 PM.It was a delicate dance as New Zealand and Australia's foreign ministers fielded media questions following their first face-to-face meeting since Covid-19.

The pair collectively described the… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.It has emerged the government didn't consult surrounding businesses before approving hotels for use as MIQ facilities.

Now a dispute between the owners of the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Auckland and the… Read more Audio

5:23 PM.Auckland police staff have found themselves in the middle of a 'whodunnit' after cash went missing from a stolen vehicle that had been seized by officers.

But investigations have turned up nothing… Read more Audio

5:27 PM.Wellington bus drivers who go on strike on Friday have been told they'll be locked out indefinitely.

The strike is planned for 24 hours from 4am tomorrow, but on Thursday afternoon things came to a… Read more Video, Audio

5:33 PM.The curtain is coming down for elephants at Auckland Zoo - as the last two pack their trunks for Australia.

The Zoo has confirmed that Anjalee is being adopted by Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo… Read more Video, Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6249784446001 Video, Audio

5:45 PM.The public and doctors hope general practices will be cheaper and easier to access once health reforms take place.

The government has announced a major shake up to the country's health system, with… Read more Audio

5:49 PM.A Sydney GP says Australian vaccination clinics have faced transparency and supply issues in their bid to help protect the country against Covid-19.

The Commonwealth-funded, GP-led vaccination… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.People living in isolated areas lacking health services want their voices heard, following the health reforms announcement.

Health Minister Andrew Little says a new entity - Health NZ - will strive… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.Australia and New Zealand's foreign ministers were all smiles during their first face-to-face meeting, despite an assortment of festering trans-Tasman tensions.

Marise Payne has made quick use of the… Read more Video, Audio

6:13 PM.Rotorua residents fighting to save Rotorua's Springfield Golf Course claim a proposed development on the site could wipe up to $100,000 off the values of neighbouring houses.

But the group Saving… Read more Video, Audio

6:20 PM.We are here before you, because we are scared" - that was the message to Wellington councillors from the Alliance Against Sexual Violence this morning.

Three weeks on from their rally which called… Read more Audio