Midday Report for Thursday 8 October 2020

12:57 PM.A move to pay and give voting rights to mana whenua sitting on Wellington City Council committees is a step closer.

Representatives from two Wellington groups - Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Taranaki… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Aucklanders have returned to the central city for the first time in months - but not in the numbers many expected.

The city returned to Alert Level One level one for the first time in eight weeks… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The insurance industry says an escalating fire problem must be kept under control.

Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Covid catches out the England netballers ahead of their New Zealand series.

Joe Porter has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Shareholders try to derail Metlife Care takeover.

Gyles Beckford has the business news. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The Covid Card has not been trialled in the general population, despite the Minister of Health this morning telling RNZ a trial had begun.

The trial was due to start a month ago.

But the Ministry… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.New court documents show the pair charged following a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the New Zealand First Foundation are accused of using a "fraudulent device, trick or stratagem" to secure… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Quarantine-free travel to the Cook Islands could be a reality for New Zealanders from as early as next month.

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The Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown, says with New Zealand… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The man convicted of killing two women in the Ashburton Work and Income office in 2014 is arguing he was unfit to stand trial because of a skin condition.

Russell John Tully was senteneced to life in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Ashburton Work and Income killer appears at the court of appeal. Travel to the Cook Islands looks set to get easier.  And is the government cooling on a Covid Card?

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio