Midday Report for Thursday 14 April 2022

12:46 PM.The first New Zealander has been appointed to United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, advocating and championing iwi taketake globally.

Dr Valmaine Toki no Ngāti Rehua… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.More than 2,300 homes across Tairawhiti have been without power, in the aftermath of the former Cyclone Fili.

Overnight wind gusts were measured at 100 kilometres per hour at Poua, between Gisborne… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.New Zealand Rugby has decided to delay the vote on the lucrative deal. Audio

12:16 PM.The soaring cost of living is pushing people in precarious financial circumstances over the edge.

Fruit and veggie prices went up 18 percent in the last year; fuel costs are high; and inflation is… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.There's been a major setback in the fight for nurses to fix the gender pay gap.

The Health Minister Andrew Little says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation has decided not to put a pay equity… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.There's hesitation from nurses to accept a pay equity offer, and the cost of living is tipping more New Zealanders over the edge Audio