Midday Report

12:57 PM.Europe's biggest airlines have been lobbying against measures to tighten carbon emmissions after taking Covid-19 bailouts - that's according to a climate watchdog. Influence Map says the sector is… Read more Audio

12:52 PM.Amnesty International is accusing Chinese authorities of creating a "dystopian hellscape" - over the repression of Uyghur Muslims in north-western province of Xinjiang. The group says it amounts to… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.One of the issues up for consideration at the G7 meeting is cybersecurity. Royal Military College of Canada professor Christian Leuprecht specialises in national security and defence. He speaks to Max… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Former world leaders are pushing their current counterparts leading the wealthiest countries to do more to address the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. One such leader is Aotearoa New Zealand's former prime… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The G7 - the Group of Seven - is an organisation made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States - the world's most advance economies. Every year the leaders meet to… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The spokesperson for the Islamic Women's Council says she's "deeply uncomfortable" at the idea of filmmakers profiting from the Christchurch mosque attacks. The New Zealand-born Andrew Niccol is to… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Farmers are joining iwi and hapu to march in opposition to proposed SNAs - or Significant Natural Area - land restrictions. Audio

12:28 PM.Our biggest ever rowing team will head to the Tokyo Olympics. Audio

12:20 PM.SkyCity forecasts a solid recovery post-pandemic. Audio

12:18 PM.A dramatic increase in coal use in New Zealand is under the spotlight - the same amount of coal was used to generate electricity in the first three months of the year than for 2016 and 2017 combined… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Some Palmerston North schools are in lockdown, after reports of possible gunshots shortly before 11 o'clock. Police say they are responding to reports of possible gunshots incident on Milson Line in… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.A man who shot another man in the head three times before using a chainsaw to fit the body into a chest freezer has been jailed for at least 15 years. Jay Lingman was found guilty in March of… Read more Audio