Midday Report for Wednesday 28 October 2020

12:52 PM.French Polynesia now has one of the world's highest rates of Covid-19 on a per capita basis.

It's claimed 26 lives and officials are warning intensive care places will be full within two or three… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.There's been a massive rise in the number of Māori who enrolled to vote ahead of the election earlier this month. An extra 59,00 Māori were enrolled to vote this year compared to the last election, an… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.National MPs are meeting as a caucus today, for the first time since farewelling several of their colleagues last week.

The party's leader, Judith Collins, will meet with her MPs today and tomorrow… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Global demand for New Zealand wine is continuing to rise, bucking the global trend, according a new Rabobank report.

Maja Burry has nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Indycar champion Scott Dixon believes the series will return a lot stronger in 2021.

Barry Guy has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The head of Kiwibank has weighed in on what the government should be doing to support the economy.

Emma Hatton has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Melburnians are enjoying their first day out of strict lockdown, after more than one hundred days of stay-at-home orders.

Those in the state of Victoria have endured one of the world's longest and… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.ACC has agreed to reassess claims for surgical mesh injuries that it had previously declined.

Almost 400 people could have their cases reassessed under new clinical guidelines, which have been… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Two men remain on the run after shooting at a female police officer in Northland yesterday morning, leaving her shaken but uninjured.

The officer was driving along State Highway 11, near the Puketona… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The search continues for the Northland police shooters. ACC will reassess declined surgical mesh claims.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio