Midday Report for Wednesday 13 October 2021

12:47 PM.Severe gales are battering parts of the lower North Island and upper South Island.

MetService is warning severe southerly winds are picking up in Wellington, Wairarapa and Marlborough.

The storm's… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.A Northland service provider says Māori have been sidelined in the covid response, and is being described as a breach of te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi argues the vaccine rollout has… Read more Audio

12:37 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:27 PM.Lisa Carrington has no plans for retirement. Audio

12:21 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:14 PM.A document which aims to shape Aotearoa's Emission Reduction plan is being described as weak and disappointing.

Ideas from government ministers and agencies on how the country can become carbon… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Covid response Minister Chris Hipkins says covid case numbers in Waikato were encouraging ahead of Cabinet considering today whether to drop that region and Northland back to alert level two.

But… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Frustrations grow over Auckland's borders, and we ask the Climate Change Minister why the government's emissions-slashing ideas aren't enough. Audio