Midday Report for Wednesday 20 October 2021

12:47 PM.An Auckland budgeting services trust says something needs to change - and fast - to help families struggling to feed themselves as food, fuel and housing prices increase faster than income.

Mangere… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.A Pacific public health expert is warning it's absurd and unrealistic not to ensure all ethnicities reach vaccination milestones before opening up and easing restrictions.

94 community cases were… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector with food producers wanting more certainty from the government about vaccination requirements. Audio

12:26 PM.Sam Whitelock is back as All Blacks captain and will lead the side on their northern hemisphere tour despite the return of regular skipper Sam Cane. Audio

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

12:17 PM.The National Party has laid out its so-called Back in Business plan to support businesses, reduce restrictions, and reopen the country.

It would let areas with 70 percent vaccination and no Covid-19… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government this morning announced plans to change the way managed isolation is co-ordinated for health workers, guaranteeing 300 spots a month for the health and disability sector.

Health… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Three COVID-19 positive community cases escaped from an MIQ facility near Auckland Airport yesterday evening.

The first two men were caught by police around five minutes after they fled.

But the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Three covid positive cases escape quarantine - one's still at large, the government sets 300 places aside for healthcare workers to come into the country, and the National Party lays out its plan to… Read more Audio