Covid 19

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

More than 400 foreign fishers are headed to New Zealand to crew deep sea trawlers because Kiwis can't fill the jobs.

A charter flight from Russia will arrive in Christchurch tomorrow, where the first… Audio

RNZ political editor Jane Patterson talks to Lisa Owen about the end of the election campaign for 2020, and what we might see on election day. Video, Audio

It was all broadway and boxing on the campaign trail in Auckland today, although the Labour and National Party leaders say there won't be any fisticuffs or dance routines on show tonight.

Judith… Audio

New Zealand's highest watchdog is asking for a please explain over Auckland University's purchase of a $5 million house in one of the city's poshest suburbs for its vice chancellor to live in.

The… Video, Audio

A long-running dispute over an earthquake-prone building in Wellington has hit a legal snag. Wellington City Council wants permission to strengthen Adelaide Hotel, because the owners refuse to. It's… Audio

Auckland city centre's business association has attacked Auckland Council, claiming it's not doing enough to get its workers back into the CBD and supporting the local economy. Heart of the City says… Video, Audio

A grieving family's appeal for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to show some kindness and let them sail to New Zealand after their son was fatally injured in Tahiti appears to have been heard. Eddie… Audio

The England netball team is in the country going through isolation, before they can start preparing for their matches against the Silver Ferns.

The two sides will meet at the end of the month, for… Audio

Parts of the country grappling with a dry spring fear a lack of rain will lead to another serious drought this year.

A one-in-a-hundred-year drought hit regions like Northland and Hawke's Bay… Audio

Between Tiwai Point, Marsden Point, Glenbrook, and now Kawerau, the potential job losses for heavy industry are starting to stack up.

But is industry on death's door in New Zealand? And what's to… Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Auckland is nearly one week into its shift down to level one but central city businesses say they are still hurting.

Checkpoint has spoken to a number of businesses calling for their fellow CBD… Video, Audio

While the parties are still traversing the country trying to scoop up all the votes they can, more than a million people have already made up their mind, and had their say.

It's a record breaking… Audio

As political parties hit the final week of the campaign National leader Judith Collins isn't backing down on her wealth tax attack on Labour.

Collins says a Labour-Green government would introduce a… Video, Audio

The government's agreed to let 250 international post graduate students back into New Zealand under a special exemption scheme.

The students will have to complete the mandatory two weeks isolation in… Video, Audio

Even after a vaccine for Covid-19 is available, researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Yale School of Public Health, Steph Tan, says we will still need to keep testing for… Audio

New Zealand's strong ties and trusts have been highlighted during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the enormous task of combating the negative social and economic consequences will test Kiwis' mettle, says… Audio

Mask wearing and social distancing for Covid-19 has all but cut influenza cases in New Zealand this year, with only six flu isolates detected in this country from April to August.  Professor Michael… Audio

Auckland’s return to Level One after cleaning out community transmission was a cause for celebrations - but not in certain circles of the media who criticised the timing. Audio