Midday Report for Tuesday 26 October 2021

12:51 PM.New Zealand's Council for International Development's annual conference has kicked off.

It's the umbrella organisation for the country's aid agencies.

The virtual conference has been focusing on… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Today cabinet faces some tough calls when it comes to mandatory vaccinations, targets and requests for Northland to return to lockdown.

The Government will hold a post-Cabinet press conference at 4pm… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.Farming towns are hoping to reap the rewards of one of Fonterra's biggest milk price payouts in the co-operative's history.

The dairy giant expects to pay between $7.90-8.90 per kilogram of milk… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Captain Kane Williamson says Pakistan's win over India will have them in a confident frame of mind going into their T20 cricket World Cup clash tomorrow morning. Audio

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

12:18 PM.The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is arguing that the health ministry's refusal to share Māori vaccine information is inconsistent and a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The agency is trying to… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Many of Auckland's senior High School students returned to class this morning - now wearing masks - more than two months after the first community case of the Delta variant of Covid-19 was detected in… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Senior students are back at school today, but with case numbers rising, the race to vaccinate continues.

The deputy prime minister Grant Robertson told Morning Report the Government expects to make… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Senior students returning to class in Auckland and much of Waikato this morning are relieved they can get on with their learning... but nervous about their safety. Audio