Midday Report for Friday 6 November 2020

12:52 PM.The US President, Donald Trump, has spoke for the first time since the election on Wednesday.

He says he has been cheated out of a victory.

Worldwatch reporter, Perlina Lau, spoke to Politico… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.A global study of children aged between 5 and 19 years old has found those in New Zealand are among the most unhealthy in the world.

The research, published in The Lancet, has been conducted over 35… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium is set to host the two of the only international rugby league games to be played all year tomorrow.

The New Zealand women will take on Fetu Samoa tomorrow afternoon… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The listed dairy company Synlait Milk has settled a case out of court concerning historic land covenants at its Pokeno site in Waikato.

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

12:28 PM.The Māori All Blacks could play a Pasifika rugby side next month.

Stephn Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:19 PM.The government must tackle the economy's long running problem of low productivity by boosting research, according to a new report.

Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and her new cabinet of Ministers have been officially sworn in to Government by the Governor-General in Wellington this morning.

The ceremony at Government House… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden has yet been declared the winner of the US Presidential election, with vote counting still underway in six states.

Five of those states could swing either way, with… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.America edges its way to a Presidential election result. New Zealand's final election results are set to be released.

Nicola Wright has the news.

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