Travel

Auckland's southern boundary is closed off to most travellers once again, after Alert Level 3 began for most of the country.

Reporter Andrew McRae spoke to Susie Ferguson from State Highway 1 at the… Audio

The Employers and Manufacturers Association is concerned at a backlog of applications to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment for workers to cross Auckland's southern border.

Alan… Audio

MPs will be back in the house today - with the exception of the Green Party and the Māori Party.

Both are refusing to attend Parliament while Wellington is at Alert Level 4.

The Greens say… Audio

As eligible workplaces south of Auckland prepare to reopen on Wednesday, there's a push on for rules to be beefed up.

Given the high infectiousness of the Delta variant, Director-General of Health… Audio

Businesses are hoping there won't be another "shambles" at Auckland's southern border when the rest of the country drops to alert level 3 on Wednesday.

Applications are open for businesses to apply… Audio

Stephen Court is well-versed on life in exotic locations, having previously been domiciled in Nauru, Papua New Guinea and Lesotho, to name a few places. But Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa, where he… Audio, Gallery

Lockdown is working, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, but as Covid-19 community case numbers are still high, the country is staying in lockdown level 4 until 11:59pm Tuesday 31 August.

After that… Audio

Air New Zealand has hit some turbulence with a $289 million loss for the year ended June.

It has used $350 million of the government's $1.5 billion loan facility. The airline also recently had a crew… Video, Audio

Former Tall Ferns captain Leone Patterson's love affair with California began in the early 1980s. These days, she is based in Alemada, in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she has lived for almost 20… Audio, Gallery

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

The quarantine free bubble with the Cook Islands has now closed because of the new cases of covid-19 in the community in New Zealand, and the Cook Islands PM has announced that they will be at alert… Audio

Air New Zealand is racing to get 50,000 people home from around the country inside the 48-hour government deadline.

Chief executive Greg Foran told Checkpoint it is a tough ask to meet the deadline.

Covid-19's grip on New South Wales is getting stronger, with a record 633 daily cases and three deaths.

There's growing frustration over the increasing cases and why tougher restrictions aren't being… Video, Audio