Midday Report for Friday 16 September 2022
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China and Russia presidents meet face-to-face
12:48 PM.China and Russia's presidents have met in person for the first time since Vladimir Putin launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine.
Putin says he appreciates China has questions and concerns over… Read more Audio
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Warming ocean will affect marine mammals and their food sources
12:44 PM.Some large migratory whales might stop passing through New Zealand's warming coastal waters, because there'll be less food - like phytoplankton - available.
But tropical and subtropical marine… Read more Audio
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Calls to charge US police officers for shooting NZ man
12:40 PM.The parents of a Christchurch-born man shot dead by the police in the US state of Colorado have made an emotional plea for the officers involved to be charged.
Christian Glass was shot five times… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 16 September 2022
12:35 PM.News from the rural farming sector Audio
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Midday Sports News for 16 September 2022
12:26 PM.Midday sports News for 16 September 2022 The All Blacks coach Ian Foster fears midfielder Quinn Tupaea has suffered a season ending knee injury, after being forced in last night's 39-37 win over the… Read more Audio
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Differing opinions on Royal ceremonies among London NZers
12:18 PM.There's a division among New Zealanders in London about the grandness of everything surrounding the Queen's death. While some are royalists - getting into the thick of things, others don't really care… Read more Audio
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Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei wants Auckland anniversary moved
12:15 PM.Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is calling for Aucklanders to recognise the 18th of September 1840 as the city's true founding day.
Chief Apihai Te Kawau allocated land to the Crown to establish the city 183… Read more Audio
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Students flee dangling school bus in tears
12:10 PM.Students - some of them in tears of shock - fled their school bus after it crashed through a steel barrier on an overbridge, and was left dangling high above a motorway this morning.
The incident… Read more Audio
