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12:45 PM.Wastewater testing is being used to monitor the scale of the Omicron outbreak in Aotearoa.

The virus now rears its head in every wastewater sample, revealing covid hotspots around the country.

So… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Kua hinga he totara nui o te waonui a Tane. Tangi hotuhotu ana nga manu. Me to iwi Maori. The tributes have been flowing endlessly for one of Aotearoa's most leading legal minds and indigenous… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Midday Sport update for Thursday 31 March 2022 Audio

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

12:15 PM.To Tāmaki Makaurau, where Councillors are considering whether to ask locals to have their say on a proposal to turn parking spaces on the roads into bus and carpool lanes, cycleways, and bigger… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Renting's become more expensive than ever - and rental properties are even harder to find.

That's according to TradeMe's latest Rental Prince Index, which says the national median rent climbed $45 in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News update for Thursday 31 March 2022 with Nicola Wright Audio

12:45 PM.Predator Free 2050 will invest nearly $7 million on new projects to eradicate rats, stoats and possums from all of Aotearoa.

Professor Neil Gemmell of University of Otago has just received $200,000… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Kāpiti is about to get a little bit closer to Wellington when Transmission Gully opens to the public tomorrow.

The new road will cut peak journey times by up to 15 minutes between Wellington and the… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Sailing commentator Peter Lester is unsurprised Team New Zealand have opted for an overseas venue for the next America's Cup. Audio

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

12:15 PM.The police are touting the success of a zero-tolerance approach they took to illegal street racing around Hamilton last weekend.

Police deployed 50 staff before about 500 vehicles arrived.

200… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The next America's Cup regatta will take place in Barcelona.

Team New Zealand's chief executive Grant Dalton says the decision came down to money; not enough was on offer to stay in Auckland and win.

12:00 PM.The America's Cup will be held in Spain, and 200 fines for Hamilton's boy racers. Audio

12:46 PM.Scallop fisheries in Northland and most of the Coromandel are going to be closed, to allow the shellfish beds to recover.

The latest biomass surveys confirm the poor health of the scallop fisheries… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Floodwaters in Tairāwhiti have closed multiple schools around the region, forcing students to stay home and learn online. 

Three schools, Makarika School, Hatea-A-Rangi School and Te Kura Kaupapa… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.Our most experienced Black Cap is preparing to play his last series and Retiring Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor says he wants to make the most of his last couple of games with the side. Audio

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

12:16 PM.Almost 500 children in state care were harmed at least once in the year to mid-2021, and the rate of abuse appears to be increasing.

It's risen from under six percent in 2018, to eight percent last… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Anti-poverty groups say increases to benefit rates next month will still leave families trapped in poverty.

The Fairer Future collaboration updated the Welfare Expert Advisory Group's modelling on… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Beneficiaries to remain trapped in poverty despite increasing payments and anw figures on abuse in state care. Audio

12:53 PM.In a Tik Tok video that has gone viral with 7 million views - a Ukrainian rock band appealed to Ed Sheeran to take part in a benefit concert this week in Birmingham in the UK.

In what was a… Read more Audio