Covid

Auckland will remain in the current alert level three restrictions for at least another week.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge joins us now from the central city.

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Mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations will now be required for large numbers of people working in the health and education sectors by the start of the year.

Health sector workers need to be fully… Video, Audio

This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new study about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines and takes listener questions on Covid. Audio

Kathryn talks with Massey University migration expert Paul Spoonley about how international mobility will be managed once New Zealand's borders reopen in the New Year. He says there are some big, as… Audio

Australia correspondent Chris Niesche looks at some of the challenges ahead for newly-minted NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Victoria hits a record-high 1,763 new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 and… Audio

Neale Jones and Brigitte Morten talk to Kathryn about the Govenment's ongoing plans to deal with the Covid delta outbreak as two positive cases in Hamilton and Raglan see parts of Waikato move to… Audio

The antibody drug Ronapreve is being reviewed by Medsafe to treat covid-19 patients in New Zealand. Described as an antibody cocktail, the World Health Organisation is recommending people who are most… Audio

Cabinet will review Covid levels today, but the Prime Minister is already framing today's announcement more as a "roadmap" forward, after vaccination rates fell 87,000 short of a 90 percent goal for… Audio

There is 2 days of lockdown for mass Covid vaccinations in Samoa, as Pasifika community vaccination events are underway in South Auckland and Wellington, and in Fiji and New Caledodna 15-17 year olds… Audio

New modelling has painted a bleak picture for New Zealand if it fails to vaccinate more than 85 percent of the population: either continuing lockdowns or the deaths of thousands of people every year.

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to Washington following the announcement of the AUKUS security alliance, how New South Wales… Audio

Otago University public health expert Professor Nick Wilson joins Jesse to talk through the numbers ahead of the 4pm alert level announcement. Audio

Wellington actor Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie has been described as "dazzlingly talented" in Vogue, and has worked alongside such movie stars as Benedict Cumberpatch, Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten… Audio

This week: the UK government has scrapped plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events. They have also announced that they will be offering Covid booster jabs to 30… Audio

A small college just south of Auckland's border is stretched to the max because several staff cannot get Covid-19 travel exemptions.

Among those locked out of level two land is Te Kauwhata College's… Audio

A Mount Maunganui bakery has been forced to close for 14 days and throw out all their stock after a Covid-19-infected truck driver from Auckland visited twice.

There are 11 new cases of Covid in the… Audio

Regarding the truck driver who tested positive for Covid-19, Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall told Checkpoint if there are any locations of interest to come from the truck driver's travel… Video, Audio

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit the road in Auckland with buses brought in to bolster the jab drive in the Covid-19 outbreak epicentre.

Three buses were unveiled today and dispatched to… Video, Audio

New Zealand Rugby top brass has ordered a please explain from several unions who let players travel out of Auckland to five other regions.

The players were given exemptions to head to their NPC teams… Audio