Midday Report for Monday 24 August 2020

12:48 PM.The High Court in Wellington has been told it's unfair that 16 and 17-year-olds don't have the ability to vote in elections.

Make It Sixteen, a youth-led campaign, has taken its case to the High… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The Children's Commissioner is calling for the minimum age of criminal responsibility to be raised from 10 to 14 years of age.

A report released today has found long-standing deficiencies in the way… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The drought fund for Hauraki Plains farmers has been exhausted.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Scott Dixon rues the lack of a red flag as he comes up just short at the Indy 500.

Joe Porter has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Comvita is on the road to recovery.

Emma Hatton has business. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.The road contractor Higgins has been fined $270,000 and ordered to pay reparations of almost $500,000 over a crash that left three of its road workers dead.

An investigation by Worksafe found that… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.A Public Health expert is calling for Auckland to stay in Alert Level 3 for another week.

Cabinet will today make the call on whether the Level 3 restrictions in Auckland, and level 2 in the rest of… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The sentencing of the mosque gunman has begun amid heavy security at the High Court in Christchurch.  

In March, Brenton Tarrant admitted 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one charge of terrorism… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Security is tight as sentencing for the mosque gunman begins. And will Auckland remain in Covid Alert Level 3?

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio