Covid 19

Health experts are concerned some people self-isolating with Covid-19 aren't getting enough information on how to use a small device that measures oxygen levels.

Nearly everyone isolating at home… Audio

Exporters fear that MIQ will still be here well into the first quarter of next year after a pilot booking scheme for businesses has been extended into February.

Following an initial trial, 25 managed… Audio

Auckland teenagers are citing exhaustion, being busy, and strategic thinking as reasons for skipping some or even all of their NCEA exams.

The exams began today and in Auckland, Northland and… Audio

Some New Zealanders heading home are being forced onto "milk run" flights hopping from one destination to the next to marry their arrival up with their MIQ spot.

Flights to New Zealand are still… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6283148887001 Video, Audio

Auckland hospitality will remain shut for now, but finally has the certainty its been waiting for.

Cafes, restaurants and bars will be allowed to re-open basically from Friday 3 December.

Our… Video, Audio

All of New Zealand will move to the Covid-19 traffic light framework on December 3.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins talks through the details with Lisa Owen.

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All of New Zealand will move to the traffic light Covid-19 Protection framework on December 3, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.

From 11:59 P-M Thursday 2 December, Auckland will move into… Video, Audio

Dr André Brett is a historian, researcher and writer who specialises in Australian and New Zealand history, in particular histories of politics, railways, the environment, and the economy. The… Audio

Wellington-born, Buffalo-based business owner and mother of three Rebecca Brady isn't exaggerating when she says her life has become a bit hectic in the last few weeks. Rebecca is the founder of an… Audio, Gallery

We've heard it all before. 'Boomers' - arguably the most disliked generation - only think about themselves, while millennials (aka 'snowflakes') wouldn't know a hard day's work if it slapped them… Audio

Rory Cellan-Jones is a former BBC technology correspondent and author of 'Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era.' The 63-year-old recently left the BBC after a 40-year association with… Audio

The origin of Covid-19 still remains a mystery that may never be solved. Was it the result of a spillover from animals to humans, or the result of a lab leak? The idea that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could… Audio

Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us with the latest Covid-19 science, and to answer your questions. Audio

Three months into Auckland's lockdown, businesses finally got a visit from Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Grant Robertson.

Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck told Checkpoint she… Video, Audio

Concern is rising among health experts as the sector takes a staffing hit to the tune of 1,300 workers.

The vaccine mandate for health workers kicked in at midnight on Monday and DHBs are figuring… Audio

Covid-19 is continuing its march down the country with 25 of the 167 new cases reported today outside of Auckland.

There is one new case in Mt Maunganui and the other in Tauranga. While in the… Audio

"Send body bags" - that's the message from iwi in the north if the government pushes ahead with plans to open the Auckland border. 

The collective wants the gateway to te tai tokerau to stay locked… Video, Audio

In this week's episode of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a glaring lack of context in vaccine mandate coverage, a doco looking into our toxic alcohol culture, and a social… Audio