Midday Report for Wednesday 15 December 2021

12:48 PM.Fisheries New Zealand is considering a ban on scallop harvesting in Northland and the Coromandel.

It says scallop numbers in Coromandel are just a fifth of what they were in 2012.

Consultation on… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The Human Rights Commission has been looking at the right to a decent home - a right which it says successive governments have failed to uphold. 

It's now proposing new laws and accountability… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Midday sports update for 15/12/2021 Audio

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

12:19 PM.Aucklanders are able to leave the supercity - by air and by road.

While the southern road border was dismantled overnight, checkpoints remain in place at the Northern border.

Deputy police… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Aucklanders have been set free to roam the rest of Aotearoa.

Many have packed their cars and are off on a summer holiday.

And some have flown out of the supercity.

RNZ reporter Tim Brown is in… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The Government will create a new, independent redress system for survivors of abuse in state care and faith-based institutions.

It will be developed in collaboration with survivors, Maori… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News update for 15/12/2021

A new redress system for those abused in state care and those in Auckland can finally leave the city.

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