Midday Report for Monday 9 August 2021

12:45 PM.Using water to clean your whare doesn't sound very efficient or hygienic - but some of you might as well already be doing this. Consumer NZ found the majority of multi-purpose cleaners perform only… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Rolling strikes and marches by midwives are underway throughout Aotearoa. In the coming week, about 1500 hospital midwives will down tools for eight-hour strikes, which are the result of last week's… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The freezing blast moving across the country yesterday and today is dumping snow and will cause some lamb losses in coastal North Canterbury but elsewhere it's arrived early enough to have little… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Scott Dixon has revived his hopes of a seventh Indy Car championship. The experienced New Zealand driver has finished second in today's crash-marred street race in Nashville, while his title rivals… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.As you may have heard in the news .... Auckland Airport is planning a billion dollar integrated domestic and international terminal, but has put other big ticket projects on hold until international… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Maritime Union believes more caution is needed before New Zealand workers are allowed onto foreign ships. Nearly 100 Tauranga port workers have been stood down to be tested for Covid-19, after… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A deep wintry low that has gripped the central part of Aotearoa is moving away - but only slowly, leaving snow and wind warnings hanging over parts of the North Island today. It's affecting transport… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Snow and ice after a bitterly cold southerly and were Tauranga port workers exposed to Covid-19 on a container ship? Audio