Midday Report for Thursday 22 October 2020

12:47 PM.There's been three changes in the Silver Ferns squad named to take on the New Zealand men's netball team tonight, in what's expected to be a bruising battle for both sides.

The last time the teams… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The Ministry of Education is confident there are enough reo and tikanga experts to start rolling out a programme to train teachers in the language, so that they can teach it to children.

Te Ahu o te… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.New Zealand cheese producers have been urged to give up the claim to European place names in their products once and for all.

Eric Frykberg has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua  Read more Audio

12:27 PM.The Silver Ferns renew their rivalry with the New Zealand men's netball team tonight.

Felicity Reid has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The medicinal cannabis company Rua Bioscience has had a stellar debut on the stock exchange.

Emma Hatton has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The cost of re-instating Christchurch's Anglican cathedral has sky-rocketed, increasing nearly 50 percent to $154 million.

In 2017, the rebuild cost was originally estimated to be $104 million.

This… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The registration of New Plymouth nurse, Deborah Kathryn Hugill - more commonly known as Debbie Newport - has been cancelled for the next two years after posts she made on social media were found to be… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Two new community testing centres have opened on Auckland's North Shore, after someone who later tested positive for Covid-19 visited a pub in Greenhithe.

Everyone who was at The Malt between 7.30pm… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Covid concerns on Auckland's North Shore. A nurse has her registration cancelled for making racist remarks.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito korero. Read more Audio