Midday Report for Monday 31 January 2022

12:45 PM.Ice creams, swims and shade have been our saviours during this scorcher of a summer.

Taumarunui is set to crack 32 degrees C today - a temperature reached several times this month.

Māni Dunlop spoke… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Canterbury regional council staff are using booms and a sucker truck to try capture the toxic oil flushed into Kaiapoi's rivers following a major factory blaze.

Sutton Tools went up in flames… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Lydia Ko has won on the LPGA Tour for the 17th time after scoring a one shot victory at the $3 million dollar Gainbridge tournament in Florida. Audio

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

12:18 PM.There are growing calls to prioritise MIQ spots and home isolation for pregnant New Zealanders wanting to come home.

It comes as the lawyer for pregnant journalist Charlotte Bellis plans to take her… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The National Party's MPs are in Queenstown this morning for their annual caucus retreat.

It kicked off with a speech from former British Finance Minister George Osborne this morning.

RNZ political… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.A Covid-19 modeller thinks New Zealand could hit 1000 cases each day by the middle of next week, largely driven by the Omicron variant. 

Auckland University computational biologist David Welch told… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.An Auckland University modeller thinks Covid cases could reach 1000 a day by the middle of next week. The Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro has returned a NEGATIVE test result for Covid-19 after… Read more Audio