Restrictions
Australia braces for thousands more daily Covid cases
To Australia, where officials are bracing for tens of thousands of Covid cases a day in coming weeks. It comes as states begin easing restrictions - despite a surge in cases, many the Omicron variant… Video, Audio
What's happening in Australia with Brad Foster
Sydney-based correspondent Brad Foster tells us about the latest news in Australia. Audio
How Denmark is the Covid-19 'new normal' pioneer
Denmark - home to about six million people - has lifted all its Covid-19 restrictions. Epidemiologist Lone Simonsen talks to Jim about how the situation is likely to play out in Denmark over the… Audio
Newmarket business boss hopes for level 1 before Christmas
The next couple of weeks will be tough for many Auckland businesses, with the government's roadmap to alert level 2 potentially full of potholes for them.
Newmarket Business Association boss Mark… Video, Audio
Govt reveals three-step plan out of AKL Covid-19 lockdown
The government is pivoting its Covid-19 strategy - laying out a three-step plan for easing Auckland's lockdown restrictions.
Meanwhile National has criticised the announcement, with leader Judith… Audio
UK correspondent Hugo Gye
Hugo joins Kathryn to talk about the government's push for so-called Freedom Day, likely to be July 19, amid an admission Covid cases could hit 100,000 a day. The public will have the choice over… Audio
Professor Gary McLean: 'Two jabs is not a guarantee of protection'
Dr Gary McLean looks at the latest Covid-19 developments, including the continued rise of the fast-spreading Delta variant, the transmissibility of Covid-19, and why people who have been fully… Audio
UK correspondent Hugo Gye
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about the decision to delay removing the rest of the Covid restrictions thanks to the growth of the Delta variant across the UK, which has pushed… Audio
UK correspondent Matt Dathan
UK correspondent Matt Dathan joins Kathryn to talk about the growing pessimism that the government will lift the remaining Covid restrictions on June 21, despite a successful vaccine rollout. Audio
Calling Home: Sene Naoupu in Dublin
Wellington-born, Oamaru-raised Ireland rugby international Sene Naoupu is one of the most prolific and remarkable figures in the oval ball world. She's Calling Home from Dublin this morning. Audio
Europe: Covid protests and mental health worries
Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney joins Kathryn to talk about the weekend's anti-lockdown protest that turned violent in Dublin, just the latest of many that have sprung up across Europe. And… Audio
Covid-19 update with Professor Gary McLean
New Zealander Gary McLean is a professor in molecular immunology at London Metropolitan University and also a researcher with Imperial College. He's an international authority on coronaviruses. Audio
Covid-19: Survey suggests Kiwis are being blasé
The latest report by Research NZ on the impact the Covid-19 virus is having on Kiwis' lives has just been released, with results suggesting that one in three Kiwis are only occasionally listening to… Audio
How quickly is Australia opening back up for business?
Australia correspondent Chris Niesche joins Kathryn to talk about how Australian workplaces will operate as the government seeks to get the country 'up and running' by July. He'll also look at the… Audio
New Zealander stuck in Peru during Covid-19 lockdown gets back to UK
We've been speaking with Jo Tovee, a Kiwi stuck in Lima amid some fraught circumstances as a tourist during the Covid-19 lockdown. Since we last caught up with Jo, she managed to get on a UK… Audio
Facebook imposes new live-streaming restrictions
Facebook has unveiled new live-streaming restrictions on the eve of the Christchurch Call summit in Paris. Technology commentator Paul Spain joins Checkpoint host Lisa Owen in the studio to discuss… Video, Audio
New rules on cough medicines could limit access - GPs
Ministry of Health has reclassified several commonly used cough medicines, so they have to be obtained from a pharmacist or with a prescription - not just off the shelf. GPs say that could make… Audio
Farmer’s second herd infected with Mycoplasma bovis
Two more cases of Mycoplasma bovis have been confirmed, one near Hastings, and another managed by Waikato farmer Henk Smit near Cambridge, who has already lost one of his herds to the disease. That… Audio
Reserve Bank moves on lending restrictions
Kathryn talks with RNZ's Economics Correspondent, Patrick O'Meara as the Reserve Bank signals whether it will ease lending restrictions for first home buyers. Audio
Pharmacists strongly oppose prescriptions for painkillers
Medsafe is about to make a decision about the future of over-the-counter painkillers containing codeine, and whether or not to restrict their sale, making them prescription only. It follows a similar… Audio