Covid

A new heavily mutated Covid variant is causing global alarm. Our regular commentator, Cambridge University consultant clinical virologist Dr Chris Smith joins us to discuss. Audio

Legal correspondent Garth Gallaway joins Kathryn to look at how Covid risk assessments might work in the workplace. Will WorkSafe crack down on employers who fail to keep their employees and customers… Audio

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about the final two weeks of Parliament as Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces a revolt from his own ranks by conservatives who want him… Audio

What is the future for contact tracing as the delta outbreak continues its spread around the country? As of Monday there were nearly six and a half thousand active contacts being managed in… Audio

The not guilty verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people and injured one other person, all of whom were protesting following a police shooting in Kenosha Wisconsin, has… Audio

Saint Alice co-owner Kristian Lloydd tells Jesse about a partnership in Māngere with a local marae and food rescue organisation to give back in tough times. Audio

MidCentral DHB has joined the 90 percent club today, reaching the milestone for first doses.

But vaccine rates in rural areas of the catchment are still lagging behind.. prompting a specific push… Video, Audio

Delta's long tentacles keep reaching further and further. There are cases in Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Lakes, Mid Central, Wairarapa and Canterbury.

And now it might have re-emerged in… Audio

Bay of Plenty iwi Te Whānau a Apanui spokesperson and Ōpōtiki District Councillor Louis Rapihana told Checkpoint the iwi's request for holiday visitors to stay away was partly prompted by local… Video, Audio

The Director General Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Kosi Latu's response to COP26, more pledges and promises without real action. Also, a small New Zealand emergency… Audio

An emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning, ahead of tomorrow's Auckland border announcement. Audio

A Covid testing expert believes surveillance testing in schools with unvaccinated children can help keep the virus in check and reassure parents its safe for kids to head back to class.

In Auckland… Video, Audio

The government's been under attack in Parliament over its plan to transition New Zealand into the traffic light system.

The pressure's on with more than 220 cases today, and people wanting to know… Audio

Anger stirred up by Covid-19 has some MPs facing an increase in threats and abuse and looking for more security.

Those opposed to Covid vaccinations, mandates and restrictions are increasingly… Audio

The Delta outbreak has nibbled away at Labour's popularity, but National is not exactly benefitting from it.

In the latest One News Colmar Brunton poll, Labour is at 41 percent - down two points -… Video, Audio

Waikato will drop back to alert level 2 at 11:59pm Tuesday, despite new cases popping up in the region. And the government's announced the booster dose will be available from the end of the month, for… Video, Audio

Testing sites in Woodville were busy today following the discovery of two cases there yesterday.

Manawatū reporter Jimmy Ellingham and camera man Angus Dreaver have more.

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Unvaccinated health workers may have worked their last day - with the Covid vaccine mandate coming into effect at midnight.

It's as the government announces a booster scheme will start on November 29… Video, Audio

There has been a testing and vaccination blitz in Taupō after five cases of Covid-19 were confirmed there.

Two hundred people turned out for a dose of Pfizer on Monday and 573 got tested - six times… Audio

An unwanted visitor has made its way to Rotorua, where new Covid cases have leaked out of Auckland and into the community.

The Lakes District is one of several areas with lower vaccination rates -… Video, Audio