Midday Report for Friday 31 July 2020

12:46 PM.8 people have been shaving their hair off to raise awareness of cancer's impact on their whanau.

Te Kaha o Te Heu - the Strength of the Shave - team are taking part in the initiative in Blenheim… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.The director of a New Zealand ad' campaign encouraging parents to keep their kids safe online has won a Silver Screen Young Director Award award at Cannes.

Aucklander Sam Stuchbury, the founder of… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Illegal plantings of New Zealand's high valued gold kiwifruit variety, Sun Gold, have doubled in the past six months in China. Audio

12:28 PM.Finding a new coach remains a distraction for the warriors. Audio

12:20 PM.Consumer confidence softens as households prepare for job losses when the government's wage subsidy ends. Audio

12:15 PM.The Attorney General David Parker says Wayne Mapp - the Minister of Defence at the time - was misled between Operation Burnham in August 2010 and September 2011 as to the possibility of civilian… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The Defence Force knew it may have injured or killed civilians, including a child, in Afghanistan but continued to tell the public and its Minister otherwise.

The government has just released the… Read more Audio