Lockdown
Calling Home: Leone Patterson in Alameda, California
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
Covid-19 update with Professor Michael Baker
The moment we'd been expecting to happen finally took place this week when New Zealand recorded its first community case of Covid-19. Professor Michael Baker returns to the show to answer your… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Lavina Good and Louis Houlbrooke
Among other topics this morning, our Weekend Panellists will be discussing the current lockdown, how successful our vaccine rollout has been, the All Blacks decision to back out of the Bledisloe Cup… Audio
Daily cheer: Social media content from lockdown day 3
In times like these it becomes clear just how lucky we are to have the internet to keep us connected, take a look at some of the best social media content created by Kiwis during lockdown.
Lynfield College principal asks for testing centre at school
Lynfield College principal Cath Knell told Checkpoint she has asked officials to provide a pop-up testing centre at the school.
The big request from the community is for a pop-up Covid-19 testing… Video, Audio
Three Auckland schools respond to Covid-19 Delta cases
Three Auckland secondary schools now have Covid cases to deal with. Along with Avondale College, staff and students at Northcote and Lynfield Colleges have now been told to isolate and get tested.
… Video, Audio
What's being done to help those in need in lockdown?
There's been a spike in demand for community service providers across the motu during lockdown.
Food parcels, take away lunches and advise to those in need is being given - and providers are… Audio
Rugby: All Blacks scrap Perth plans for Bledisloe Cup test
The All Blacks have abandoned their plans to fly to Perth this weekend for the third Bledisloe Cup test - but say they remain committed to playing out the Rugby Championship.
The team was due to… Audio
Sydney faces another month of lockdown as Delta spreads
Persistently high case numbers means- Greater Sydney's lockdown is extended by another month.
As Worldwatch's Perlina Lau reports - tougher restrictions are being enforced too. Audio
Covid-19 lockdown: Economic impact begins to bite
The economic impact of lockdown is starting to bite.
In Auckland's CBD - a week of level four restrictions is estimated to cost at least $20 million in consumer spending.
Samantha Gee has more. Audio
Why some GPs can do Covid-19 tests and some cannot
Thousands of people need to get covid tests as the locations of interest balloon.
But not all GP surgeries are offering swabs - forcing people to swamp community testing centres, where they have… Video, Audio
Covid-19 Minister looking into locations of interest delays
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint he will be following up with contact tracers about why there are delays getting locations of interest details onto the Ministry of Health… Video, Audio
Covid-19: The good news from North Shore Hospital
North Shore Hospital is operating under strict Alert Level 4 rules, turning away new patients from its emergency department with many staff isolating after potentially being exposed to a Covid-19… Video, Audio
Covid-19 Delta in Wellington as rush for testing begins
The Delta variant has made its way to the capital where there's been a rush on testing stations.
Our reporter Jake McKee joins Lisa Owen now from the Wellington CBD.
Video, Audio
Covid-19: Holidaymakers sent home from Mahia as iwi consider checkpoints
A coastal cop in Mahia has been sending holidaymakers home as an iwi trust considers road checkpoints if the lockdown is extended.
Rodney Jones: will the nationwide lockdown be extended?
Cabinet will decide this afternoon whether to extend the nationwide lockdown as the Delta outbreak continues to grow. Another positive case has been announced by the Associate Health Minister Ayesha… Audio
RNZ's lockdown lifesavers for harried caregivers
Stuck at home with the kids? Wintery weather keeping everyone inside? A recipe for madness perhaps? Well, don't let those walls close in around you help is at hand on the RNZ website.
Back home for hundreds of thousands of school children under Level 4 lockdown
It's back to home for the hundreds of thousands of school children across Aotearoa today, with the return of level 4 lockdown. Tom Kitchin has more. Audio
Level 4 lockdown gutting but necessary - South Island businesses
South Island businesses are standing behind the lockdown, saying it's a gutting but necessary decision.
Tess Brunton reports. Audio
Covid-19 Delta outbreak day 2: What you need to know
New Zealand's Covid-19 outbreak has grown to 10 and the Prime Minister has warned there will be more.
Jacinda Ardern also announced that, from midnight tonight, it will be mandatory to wear a mask… Audio