Midday Report for Thursday 26 August 2021

12:46 PM.The New Zealand Bar Association says Afghanistan's 250 women judges in Afghanistan are at risk under Taliban rule. That comes as the New Zealand Government has stopped accepting visa applications for… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Heavy rain's expected for some central and southern parts of the country from this evening. MetService has issued orange warnings for heavy northerly rain around Nelson, Westland, and Mt Taranaki -… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:26 PM.Canoe Racing New Zealand says Aimee Fisher has an international future. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:15 PM.Rents around the country have leapt 10 percent over the past year. That's according to Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index. The national median weekly rent reached a new high of $550 last month… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The government has tightened rules around tangihanga and funerals this lockdown due to the increased threat of the Delta variant. Family members in the same isolation bubble of a deceased person can… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The number of locations of interest, and close contacts, continue to grow in the Delta outbreak. There are now 210 active cases in the community. But the good news is, Google's latest Community… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The list of Covid-19 locations of interest could reach 500 today. The police minister has been given a grilling by the National Party this morning over why the police haven't been given priority… Read more Audio