Covid 19

The economic impact of lockdown is starting to bite.

In Auckland's CBD - a week of level four restrictions is estimated to cost at least $20 million in consumer spending.

Samantha Gee has more. Audio

Thousands of people need to get covid tests as the locations of interest balloon.

But not all GP surgeries are offering swabs - forcing people to swamp community testing centres, where they have… Video, Audio

Sir Michael Cullen's life and legacy are being celebrated across the political spectrum today.

The former Deputy Prime Minister died in Whakatāne last night after being diagnosed with lung cancer… Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6268721962001 Video, Audio

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint he will be following up with contact tracers about why there are delays getting locations of interest details onto the Ministry of Health… Video, Audio

North Shore Hospital is operating under strict Alert Level 4 rules, turning away new patients from its emergency department with many staff isolating after potentially being exposed to a Covid-19… Video, Audio

The surge in demand for Covid-19 tests in Auckland today forced some vaccination centres to close so that staff could be diverted to testing stations.

But as Ella Stewart reports, whilst many faced… Audio

The Delta variant has made its way to the capital where there's been a rush on testing stations.

Our reporter Jake McKee joins Lisa Owen now from the Wellington CBD.

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The Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown is staying in place for all of New Zealand until at least 11:59pm Tuesday.

The outbreak has now grown to 31 community cases and spilled outside the city, with three… Audio

Meanwhile travellers stranded in Queenstown have been given a temporary reprieve before the travel window is poised to slam shut.

Hundreds of people are in town trying to get back, but there have… Audio

On Thursday, the second day of Level 4 lockdown, locations of interest continue to balloon to well over 100.

On Thursday evening, the Ministry of Health added even more to that list.

Among them is… Audio

There are fears two Auckland events could be Covid-19 super spreaders, with close to 2,000 people deemed close contacts from just one night.

On Friday 13 - a now-positive case took late-night trips… Audio

People have been waiting for seven or eight hours in Auckland for a Covid-19 test.

The number of locations of interest has ballooned to more than a 100, meaning people are coming out from all corners… Audio

Five members of the same family who are connected to Avondale College are among the new Covid-19 cases confirmed today.

There are now officially 21 community infections. It comes after a teacher at… Audio

Despite the country being in Alert Level 4 lockdown, there are thousands of essential workers around the country, still at work.

Calls have been growing louder for those in public-facing roles to get… Audio

Professor Philip Hill is an epidemiologist on two government Covid-19 advisory groups.

He told Checkpoint the genomic link to a New South Wales returnee is "a game-changer" for stopping the spread in… Video, Audio

Could it be the missing piece of the puzzle? A potential link to the Covid-19 outbreak that's thrown the country into hard lockdown.

Today news that the cases could be linked to a recent returnee… Audio

It's back to home for the hundreds of thousands of school children across Aotearoa today, with the return of level 4 lockdown. Tom Kitchin has more. Audio

New Zealand's Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 10 and the Prime Minister has warned there will be more.

Jacinda Ardern also announced that, from midnight tonight, it will be mandatory to wear a mask… Audio

Police are promising to be out in big numbers for the level four lockdown, telling people the rules will be enforced.

They made eight arrests at anti-lockdown protests in several areas of the… Video, Audio