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Midday Report for Wednesday 2 December 2020
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Petition delivered to MP's to get rid of 'discriminatory' law
12:45 PM.Activists have delivered a petition to MPs urging them to get rid of legislation that enables referenda on Māori wards.
ActionStation collected more than 10-thousand signatures calling for Parliament… Read more Audio
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Trade specialist says PM's China comments "unnecessary"
12:42 PM.China has expressed surprise that New Zealand's Prime Minister has formally registered concern about the promotion of a doctored image of an Australian soldier on social media.
The faked photo… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 2 December 2020
12:35 PM.Prices have risen in the global dairy auction overnight and are now roughly back to where they started pre-covid.
Eric Frykberg has mo ngā korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 2 December 2020
12:28 PM.Basketball star Steven Adams holds no ill-feeling after being traded by Oklahoma
Stephen Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 2 December 2020
12:20 PM.Gas production from several of the country's biggest fields is set to fall.
Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio
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Horrific scenes following fatal Hawke's Bay crash
12:18 PM.A witness says people were screaming and crying after yesterday's Central Hawke's Bay crash, which killed three people.
Silver Fern Farms has confirmed they were all their employees
They died after… Read more Audio
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Government to declare climate emergency
12:14 PM.The Government will this afternoon declare a climate emergency.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will introduce the motion in Parliament this afternoon, having described climate change as her… Read more Audio
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Insurance problems expected for coastal homeowners in next decade
12:11 PM.A new report has projected insurers are likely to stop fully covering some coastal homes in Wellington and Christchurch in the next 10 years due to sea level rises.
The government-funded report found… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 2 December 2020
12:00 PM.Climate change threatens house insurance; a petition calls for tougher penalties for those who kill police officers; and a warning for Hawke's Bay drivers after another fatal crash.
Nicola Wright has… Read more Audio