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Midday Sports News for 4 March 2024
12:28 PM.New Zealand won a second gold medal on the final day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow with George Beamish winning the men's 1500 metre final. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 4 March 2024
12:19 PM.Major banks are cutting interest rates in the wake of last week's Reserve Bank statement and market hopes that rate cuts are coming.
Gyles Beckford has the business news. Read more Audio
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School principal concerned over review into government funded school lunches
12:15 PM.Confirmation that the government-funded lunch programme is under review has sparked serious concern from health charities and school principals.
Associate Education Minister David Seymour says 10,000… Read more Audio
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NZ athletes perfoming well at world indoor champs
12:11 PM.New Zealand athletes are taking the World Indoor Athletic Champs by storm, winning another gold medal in Glasgow.
George Beamish has taken out the men's 1500 metre title.
Earlier Hamish Kerr won the… Read more Audio
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Whangārei 75-year-old competing in Taupō Ironman
12:46 PM.For most people, competing an Iron Man is a mammoth achievement. But 75-year-old Whangārei man Brian Barach has done about 15 of them.
And on Saturday he'll be lining up again in Ironman New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Government approves NZ's first open ocean salmon farm in Cook Strait
12:42 PM.Despite strong opposition from conservation groups, the government has given final approval for the country's first open ocean salmon farm in the Cook Strait.
New Zealand King Salmon confirmed the… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 1 March 2024
12:37 PM.Waikato sheep milking farmers say they were blind-sided this week when their company Maui Milk, told them to stop milking immediately.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 1 March 2024
12:27 PM.A final wicket stand has proved frustrating for the Black Caps early on day two of the first test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Bridget Tunnicliffe has sports. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 1 March 2024
12:24 PM.The country's first open ocean salmon farm in the Cook Strait has been approved.
New Zealand King Salmon has been battling for years to shift farms into the colder waters to combat the effects of… Read more Audio
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TVNZ flags further cost cutting due to half year loss
12:17 PM.Hard on the heels of this week's shock Newshub announcement, TVNZ is flagging further cost cutting.
The state-owned broadcaster has posted a first half-year loss linked to reduced revenue and asset… Read more Audio
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PM Luxon claiming $52,000 accomodation supplement
12:14 PM.The Prime Minister is claiming a $52,000 accommodation supplement to cover expenses while staying in Wellington, because he has chosen not to live in Premier House.
Christopher Luxon will claim the… Read more Audio
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Leap day celebrated by marriage for Upper Hutt couple
12:44 PM.Thursday is leap day, and for an Upper Hutt couple it will forever take on special meaning.
In line with old tradition, Dawn Duthie proposed to her partner Raymond on leap day four years ago.
And… Read more Audio
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Thousands expected at Fa’anānā Efeso Collins' funeral
12:43 PM.Thousands of people are pouring into the Due Drop Events centre in Manukau for the funeral of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins.
The 49-year-old Green Party MP and former Auckland mayoral candidate collapsed… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 29 February 2024
12:35 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle last February severely affected four of T&G's orchards and flooded some of its facilities.
It has just reported a net loss after tax of $64.2 million for the year to December; a… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 29 February 2024
12:28 PM.The Black Caps won the toss and not surprisingly decided to bowl - perhaps more surprising was that play got underway on time.
Stephen Hewson has sports. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 29 February 2024
12:19 PM.Channel Infrastructure, the former Marsden Point Refinery, has doubled its full-year profit, with its transition to a fuel storage terminal from oil processor almost complete.
Anan Zaki has the… Read more Audio
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Software glitch blamed for outages at petrol stations
12:17 PM.A leap year software glitch is being blamed for causing payment outages at petrol stations across the country.
Fuel provider Allied Petroleum and Gull say they are aware of nationwide technical… Read more Audio
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Missing tramper found after almost 3 days in Tararua Ranges
12:11 PM.The son of a missing tramper in dense Tararua Ranges says he trusted his intuition and separated from Search and Rescue finding his dad less than an hour later.
Seventy-two-year-old Brent Harrison… Read more Audio
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Brown kiwi population increases by 7000 in four years
12:46 PM.The population of the North Island brown kiwi has increased by at least 7000 birds in the last four years, through the work of 25 conservation projects.
That's according to a survey by the umbrella… Read more Audio
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Rat-plagued Dunedin Countdown reopens
12:41 PM.Rat free and open for business.
The rodent-plagued Woolworths store in South Dunedin has reopened on Thursday after it was forced to close almost three weeks ago to deal with a rat infestation.
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Midday Rural News for 28 February 2024
12:35 PM.Grain prices are continuing their downward trend, meaning some growers won't break-even this season in the face of high production costs.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 28 February 2024
12:28 PM.Black Caps opener Devon Conway has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia starting at the Basin Reserve tomorrow.
Barry Guy has sports. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 28 February 2024
12:21 PM.Telecommunications company Spark plans to invest for growth, as it copes with higher costs and weaker demand.
Anan Zaki has the business news. Read more Audio
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Newshub staff told that newsroom will shut in June
12:17 PM.Newshub, one of the key media companies in New Zealand, is to close its newsroom in New Zealand on 30 June.
Staff were told of the closure at an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning.
Reporter… Read more Audio
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Newshub to close in June
12:10 PM.One of the country's top media companies is closing down its news division, and will no longer screen news or news programmes.
Newsroom staff at Newshub were called to an emergency meeting on… Read more Audio