Travel

Air NZ estimates it could take up to six weeks to prepare to fly New Zealanders to their chosen Christmas destinations, so it needs a border call urgently.

Customers aged 12 or over will also need to… Video, Audio

A protest has caused traffic delays on Auckland's northern border at Te Hana.

Police say protesters have gathered at the northern side of the border and as a result State Highway 1 was blocked for a… Audio

Summer travellers will need to be fully vaccinated or receive a negative Covid-19 test to fly domestically with Air New Zealand from mid-December.

The change will apply to passengers 12 years or… Audio

A Kiwi woman stuck in Brisbane after travelling there for medical treatment fears her pension will be cut if she doesn't make it home in the next few days. In ordinary circumstances pensions stop… Audio

Deputy PM Grant Robertson signalled on Checkpoint that the government is not looking for a strict 90 percent target for Auckland to move out of level 3 to the new protection system.

"We said all… Audio

Aucklanders will find out later today if they'll make the move down to alert level 3.2, which would mean retail can reopen and facilities like libraries, museums and zoos can welcome in the public… Audio

Are you one of those people who fall asleep the moment they set foot on public transport? They're special types who are generally admired and derided in equal measures. In Hong Kong, people are now… Audio

Former North Shore resident Mia Ayoub spent her formative years in Egypt before moving to New Zealand with her family when she was eight. But she always thought she'd return to the country of her… Audio, Gallery

Director of the University of Auckland's Centre for Supply Chain Management Tava Olsen told Checkpoint a system for Auckland travellers to cross the border in the summer holidays would be "doable" if… Video, Audio

A New Zealand couple have been given the opportunity to bring their baby son to their new home in Australia after they were facing the possibility of being separated from him until border restrictions… Video, Audio

Northland tourism operators are desperately hoping the region's vaccine rates will boost enough for visitors to return this summer, with many businesses hanging on by a thread.

The northern-most part… Video, Audio

The police union says it will be impossible to manage the Auckland's Covid boundary over summer. 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said a hard perimeter is staying, and Aucklanders will have to show… Video, Audio

One of the last stretches of unsealed State Highway in the country is now a step closer to being smothered in tarmac.

The first sod has been turned on a project to seal the last remaining unsealed 12… Audio

Jacinda Ardern wants to clear the way for vaccinated and negative-tested Aucklanders to leave the region by Christmas and over summer.

The Prime Minister wants to set up a system at the region's… Audio

With shop rents rising, hitting the road could be the new way to go.

A Wellington man is testing the theory with his new mobile record store.

Reporter Charlotte Cook took a look. Video, Audio

As daily community covid cases continue to crack three figures more government isolation facilities could be converted to quarantine hotels for those unable to stay at home while sick.

Joint head of… Video, Audio

The self isolation trial is underway for some of the 150 people chosen to be guinea pigs for the pilot.

They've had to meet strict criteria, including isolating at a private residence on their own… Video, Audio