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12:42 PM.The first ever 30-year strategic infrastructure plan paints a pricey picture of the spending needed to cope with climate change, sea level rise, improving housing, and providing safe and effective… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.The Black Ferns Sevens have succumbed 21-17 to Australia in a gripping final. Audio

12:21 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:17 PM.Property investors want harsher penalties for problem tenants and to return the bright-line test to two years.

They want tax cuts on rental property mortgages reinstated and to once again be able to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Alarming new data shows sea levels are rising twice as fast as expected in some parts of Aotearoa. In those regions levels previously thought likely for 2060 are now forecast to happen in just 18… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Revelations that sea-level rise is happening faster than previously thought are being seen as an urgent wake-up call for coastal communities. Audio

12:47 PM.Rocket Lab will attempt a mid-air capture of one of its Electron rockets for the first time during its next mission tomorrow.

After launching from the Mahia peninsula, the rocket will deposit a… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei vows their battle with the crown to be recognised as sole mana whenua in parts of Tamaki Makaurau will continue.

The High Court has declined to recognise that Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.Midday Sport update for Friday 29 April 2022 with Leonard Powell. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report with Anan Zaki. Read more Audio

12:13 PM.A public health expert says the elimination strategy and lockdowns can't be ruled out when it comes to the resurgence of infectious and severe diseases.

Health authorities are working on how to… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News Update for Friday 29 April 2022 Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Olympic gold medallist Dame Lisa Carrington will represent New Zealand at the canoeing world champs.

She edged out her rival, defending world champ Aimee Fisher in the final race of their duel.

The… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The fed-up Bromley ratepayers are kicking up a stink of their own as councillors are briefed on Christchurch's smelliest suburb and it's wastewater plant.

People have been in tears and tensions are… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector with Kim Moodie. Read more Audio

12:26 PM.Midday Sport update for Thursday 28 April 202 with Leonard Powell.  Read more Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report, with Nicholas Pointon.  Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Every year more than a thousand New Zealand cancer patients can't get drugs that are readily available across the Tasman.

The report by the Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o te Kahu, was aimed at… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The government is to spend $1.4 billion on infrastructure in a bid to boost housing stock across five Auckland suburbs.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Housing Minister Megan Woods who said the funding wouldl… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News for Thursday 28 April 2022 Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Bayden Barber - a Hastings District Councillor - has unseated long time chair of iwi - Ngāti Kahungunu.

Ngahiwi Tomoana has held the seat for 26 years - and after a campaign by opposition Barber.

In… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.A Havelock North mother who was told she should leave a local playground because her moko kauae was scaring children wants to meet again with the women who insulted her.

Jay Scott was with her own… Read more Audio