Midday Report for Monday 12 July 2021

12:46 PM.New South Wales is bracing itself for its worst day of the pandemic in about 15 months. The state premier Gladys Berejiklian yesterday announced 77 new local Covid-19 cases, and warned she expected to… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The navy's HMNZS Wellington is about to set sail on a 5000 nautical mile voyage to deliver vaccines to Pacific Island nations. RNZ Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth is at the Devonport naval base… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.People between Whanganui and Wellington are being asked to keep their eyes peeled for a pod of orca swimming off the coast today. That's after a juvenile orca was found stranded on the rocks near… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A North Island salmonella outbreak is hitting the poultry industry hard. The industry is in a state of shock and companies are facing huge financial hits following the detection of Salmonella… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.A2 Milk is reorganising to provide more focus as part of a plan to get the company back on track. Audio

12:20 PM.Italy has won the European Football Championship for the first time in over 50 years, with keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma saving two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the scores were… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Samoa's superior courts are about to begin considering the first of two cases that could resolve the country's electoral and constitutional crisis. The caretaker HRPP party prime minister and three… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.To Wellington's waterfront, where the Viking Bay -- a fishing vessel with at least two Covid-positive crew members -- is arriving at Queen's Wharf. 13 people will be taken off the vessel and moved to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.All of Air New Zealand's flights from Sydney to New Zealand have already sold out. Bookings opened for the nine flights over the next 11 days at 10-o'clock this morning, but were sold out within the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Air New Zealand flights from Sydney to New Zealand sell out and a fishing boat with Covid-positive crew members is due to dock in Wellington. Audio