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Midday Report for Tuesday 1 December 2020
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Big increase in youth and Māori voters in 2020 election
12:46 PM.This years election saw the biggest youth voter turnout in more than two decades.
Eighty-two percent of young people voted - with 94.1 percent of people aged between 18 - 24 enrolled - the highest… Read more Audio
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Four-day work week benefits everyone - academic
12:43 PM.A New Zealand academic who's studied the effects of a four-day work week says they really do benefit companies and workers.
Global consumer goods company, Unilever, has announced it will use its… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 1 December 2020
12:35 PM.New research finds big horticulture possibilities in Taranaki.
Eric Frykberg has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 1 December 2020
12:28 PM.The Breakers will head to Melbourne for next year's Australian national basketball league.
Stephen Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 1 December 2020
12:20 PM.Sky television's chief executive resigns.
Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio
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PM: Whakaari Royal Commission unnecessary
12:17 PM.The Prime Minister says she doesn't think a Royal Commission into last year's Whakaari White Island eruption is necessary.
Jacinda Ardern says both the health and safety regulator and the Coroner are… Read more Audio
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Police shoot man in Northland, police dog wounded
12:15 PM.A man has been shot by police in Northland this morning after shooting a police dog.
Emergency services were called to Tangowahine, a rural town near Dargaville, shortly after 9am.
The man is being… Read more Audio
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Ardern registers concern with China over tweet of fake photo
12:12 PM.New Zealand has weighed into the escalating row between China and Australia, formally registering its concern with Chinese authorities about a tweet depicting an Australian soldier.
China's brushing… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 1 December 2020
12:00 PM.New Zealand weighs in on an international Twitter row. Police shoot a man in Northland. And charges are laid following last year's Whakaari eruption.
Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio