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12:43 PM.Despite being faced with abuse and attacks, a Whanganui iwi vaccination clinic is perservering with its mahi to keep its hapori safe.

The Iwi collective Te Ranga Tupua says one of its mobile clinics… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Midday sport update for Friday 4 February 2022 Audio

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

12:15 PM.Evacuations have been ordered for low-lying parts of Westport.

The Buller District Council mayor Jamie Cleine talks to Māni Dunlop about the weather situation on the West Coast Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Civil Defence has ordered an evacuation of low-lying parts of Westport, before the already heavy rainfall becomes more intense tonight.

A red weather warning is still in place.

Emergency personnel… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday news update for Friday 4 February 2022 Audio

12:45 PM.Residents in the Grey District and Westland have experienced record-breaking rainfall.  

The wettest 24 hour period since 1944 was measured at Westport Airport yesterday until 9am today.   

Pictures… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.As of tomorrow, the wait to get a Pfizer booster dose after a second jab will drop from four months to three.

The change makes another million people aged 18 and over eligible for their third shot.

… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Midday sports update for 3 February 2022 Audio

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

12:13 PM.The phased border reopening will begin at one-minute-to the 28th of February.

Māni Dunlop gets expert analysis of the plan from Otago University professor of epidemiology Michael Baker. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The New Zealand border will creak open one minute before the 28th of February.

The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement today.

Māni Dunlop reports. Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday news update for Thursday 3 February 2022 

The border is set to begin reopening at the end of the month. Audio

12:52 PM.The Kingdom of Tonga is going into a nationwide lockdown from Wednesday evening, after two Covid cases were detected in routine testing at the wharf in Nuku'alofa.

Worldwatch's Max Towle speaks with… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.Roses are red
Violets are blue 
Marlborough's hunting a thief
Is it YOU!?

Blenheim's rose garden at Pollard Park is being plundered with more than half of this summer's roses stolen.

The… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Cannabis research using the Dunedin Study has found smoking weed is harmful to lung health.

Prolonged cannabis use led to over-inflated lungs, and even increased the resistance to airflow to a… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:27 PM.Midday sports update for Wedneday 2 February 2022 Audio

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

12:18 PM.Workers who lose their jobs could get 80 percent of their usual salary for up to seven months, under a proposed new government scheme.

The social unemployment insurance scheme has been designed in… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Emergency management operations are on watch on the West Coast, where heavy rain has been falling since early this morning.

Some residents are being evacuated as a precaution.

Waka Kotahi says… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday news update for Wednesday 2 February Read more Audio