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Midday Report for Monday 21 June 2021
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Fiji government stops releasing Covid-19 case location details
12:45 PM.Fiji's Covid-19 crisis continues to deepen - after a record 166 new cases were detected yesterday. The Fijian government - reluctant to enforce a national lockdown - has now stopped providing… Read more Audio
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Peace activists say NZ space law vague on military
12:42 PM.Peace activists picketing outside Rocket Lab's Auckland headquarters are demanding it stop launching surveillance and military satellites from New Zealand. They say it's contributing to the… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 21 June 2021
12:35 PM.After the major flooding in Canterbury earlier this month farmers on the East Coast north of Gisborne are now in clean-up mode after a huge deluge over the weekend. Audio
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Midday Sports News for 21 June 2021
12:28 PM.18-year-old Reece Walsh has been named to start at fullback for the Maroons just two months after making his NRL debut for the Warriors. The teenager will become the youngest Origin debutant since Ben… Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 21 June 2021
12:19 PM.The power company Mercury is poised to snap up Trustpower's retail arm for $441 million, pending approval from the Commerce Commission and shareholders. Audio
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Laurel Hubbard to be first ever transgender athlete at Olympics
12:17 PM.Laurel Hubbard will make history for New Zealand when she becomes the first ever transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics. She's been named in the New Zealand weightlifting team as part of a… Read more Audio
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Severe weather warnings in force today - Metservice
12:15 PM.Severe weather warnings and watches are in place today, as a large low continues to move slowly over the North Island. There are gale southeasterlies and heavy rain. Metservice meteorologist Lewis… Read more Audio
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Big clean up for Tokomaru Bay
12:11 PM.Major clean-ups are underway in several parts of the North Island, after days of severe weather. In South Auckland, more than 60 homes are unliveable, and a few-hundred damaged, following Saturday… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 21 June 2021
12:00 PM.A major cleanup after torrential downpours and Laurel Hubbard to become the first transgender Olympian. Audio