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12:28 PM.Can we expect a strong swimming contingent in Birmingham? - The latest in sport news with Leonard Powell.  Read more Audio

12:21 PM.The Government is throwing its backing behind a capital restructure for Fonterra. 

The latest business news with Nicholas Pointon.  Read more Audio

12:15 PM.After almost 9 months of misuse, the government has set up a new system for people that need a mask exemption.

Initially mask exemptions required no proof, but these were widely used by people who… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Transpower is being blamed for the massive power cut which left 34,000 people without electricity on one of the coldest nights of the year.

The Electricity Authority's delivered a final report on the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The government reveals a six-year plan to prep the motu for climate change, and Transpower is blamed for mid winter blackouts last year. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Elon Musk has clinched a deal to buy Twitter for 44 billion US dollars.

The deal will shift control of the social media platform used by millions of users and global leaders to the world's richest… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.11 people died on the road over the long weekend.

 The road toll includes four teenagers in Invercargill.

Police Assistant Commissioner Bruce O'Brien said it was frustrating to see speeding, drugs… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.All eyes will be on Lake Karapiro this Thursday when Dame Lisa Carrington and Aimee Fisher race for New Zealand's K1 500 spot at this year's Canoe Sprint World Championships.

The latest sport news… Read more Audio

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

12:15 PM.The brother-in-law of a man who was killed in a port accident in 2020 is angry more families are going through what his whanau has gone through after two more fatal port deaths.

26 year old father… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The Governement will consider a report saying a proposed law to intoduce Maori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Government will consider whether a bill on Maori seats is discriminatory and Port workers want an inquiry after two deaths in a week. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Another massive crawl out of the cities is expected again this ANZAC weekend.

The newly minted Transmission Gully in Wellington will be tested, as the lucky ones make the most of the back-to-back… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Rising food prices are making life even tougher for some New Zealanders.

The inflation rate on Thursday hit its highest mark in 30 years - a reflection of surging costs.

Stats NZ said food is close… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The honey sector wants to move away from volume and focus on value. 

A daily wrap of the rural news with Kim Moodie. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The new Black Ferns coach hopes there'll be a woman in charge one day. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.Consumer credit demand is still going down. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.New Zealand and Japan are boosting their security ties, with the two countries set to share more classified information.

The prime minister met with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Tokyo… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A firearms lawyer is not convinced there was an active threat when police shot dead Kaoss Price.

After five days of silence, police have confirmed the 22-year-old was not armed when he was shot… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Growing anger over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man, and New Zealand and Japan boost security ties. Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Some residents across the Queenstown region have only just regained power after a violent thunderstorm early this morning.

More than 12,000 customers in Queenstown, Frankton and Arrowtown woke up to… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.The war in Ukraine could see us planting more sunflowers.

All the latest rural news with Susan Murray. Read more Audio

12:27 PM.There's about to be an update on the Black Ferns' coaching structure.

All the latest sports news with Barry Guy Read more Audio