Checkpoint for Friday 3 December 2021

5:08 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Some Northland businesses are refusing to stop serving unvaccinated customers, instead adapting the new traffic light framework to cater to everyone.

Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen has the… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.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 -… Read more Video, Audio

5:22 PM.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… Read more Video, Audio

5:27 PM.Some of Queenstown's migrant community have been left out in the cold under the new Covid protection framework.

Only New Zealand or Australian ID is accepted to apply for the vaccine pass - making it… Read more Video, Audio

5:34 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6284949273001 Video, Audio

5:38 PM.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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5:46 PM.Auckland University law students have joined the fight to get MSD to refund women who've had their benefits docked for not naming a child's father. Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The Covid outbreak in Nelson seems to have given people the nudge they needed to get their first vaccination.

There are 14 cases of the virus in the region - made up of two separate clusters - with… Read more Audio

5:53 PM.Sporting Aucklanders are being unleashed this weekend after 107 days in lockdown with hundreds expected to hit cricket pitches around the city.

But a warning from ACC - by that we mean the Accident… Read more Video, Audio

5:56 PM.A Canterbury sheep called Burt has done something many social media influencers can only aspire to and become a TikTok heavyweight.

Whether it's a video of Burt sitting on the couch, getting into the… Read more Audio

6:05 PM.The great traffic light switch on has happened, with the nation now lit up in orange and red.

Despite having no active cases of Covid in the community Whanganui has found itself in the red zone due… Read more Audio

6:09 PM.In the Bay of Plenty most of the region has moved to the orange light, but some businesses have chosen to do things differently. Leah Tebbutt reports. Read more Audio

6:13 PM.The government's sudden boost in hospital funding to prepare for Covid cases is being called overly ambitious - and too late.

The government plans to pump $644 million into ICU capacity and… Read more Audio

6:17 PM.It's finally game on this season for two NZ sports teams forced by Covid to relocate to Australia.

Sports reporter and commentator Glen Larmer talks to Lisa Owen about what's going on.

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6:22 PM.The Hilton hotel at Lake Taupō is throwing out the welcome for pampered pooches. It's the first local establishment in the international chain to offer in room accommodation for your fur baby.

Hotel… Read more Video, Audio