Midday Report for Monday 28 June 2021

12:48 PM.A polar blast is about to sweep across the country. You can also expect some heavy snow, rain or strong winds, depending on where you are. MetService meteorologist,

Meteorologist Peter Little, spoke… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Horowhenua residents are being asked to continue conserving water for the next 24 to 48 hours after heavy rain at the weekend put huge pressure on water treatment plants in the region.

Max Towle… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that a swearing-in ceremony held by the country's FAST party last month was illegal.

The FAST party, which won the controversial election back in April, held the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Plastic fruit stickers are set to be phased out.

Sally Murphy has mo ngā kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The country's first ever Olympic surfers are named.

Sports editor Stephen Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The financial markets bet on earlier rate rises.

Business Editor Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.In Australia, millions of people are currently under lockdown or tough restrictions, after a day of Covid chaos.

Thirty new cases were detected in New South Wales, while an outbreak in the Northern… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Health officials are encouraging Wellingtonians who are feeling a little under the weather to go and get a Covid test to help ensure the city is free of the virus.

So far there have been no positive… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Widespread sexual harrassment, and 20 instances of rape, have been uncovered in a survey of students at Christchurch Girls' High School.

The principal believes the survey only shows a fraction of the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A survey reveals high rates of sexual harrassment among students at a secondary school. Wellington's hunt for Covid-19 goes on.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio