Midday Report for Thursday 17 February 2022

12:50 PM.Covid-19 is spreading through the Pacific, with fears that some health systems won't be able to cope if case numbers continue to surge.

The Cook Islands, for instance, recorded its first positive… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Pasifika health providers are dealing with a surge of Covid-19 numbers, while trying to help families through the changed contact tracing process.

Pasifika people now make up around half of the cases… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.The government is set to help more Māori get into work.

This morning it launched Te Mahere Whai Mahi Māori - the Māori Employment Action Plan.

Similar schemes have helped more than 10,000 Māori into… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Midday sport update for 17 February 2022 Audio

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

12:17 PM.To Australia now where their government is inching closer to settling a nine-year-old offer by New Zealand to accept 150 refugees each year from offshore detention centres.

Australian Home Affairs… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.It's taken a year and a half, but New Zealand Rugby has finally reached a commercial rights agreement with the US private equity firm, Silver Lake.

Silver Lake will invest $200 million in a new… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News Update for Thursday 17 February 2022 Audio