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12:47 PM.The Drug Foundation wants adults to have open and honest conversations with young people about portrayals of drug use on social media.

Australian researchers looked at TikTok where a third of the… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.A person in Gisborne has tested positive for Covid-19.

The local district health board Hauora Tairawhiti confirmed the news this morning.

Local public health officials are following up with close… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.The three time Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond has announced his retirement from the sport. Audio

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

12:18 PM.Thousands of festivalgoers in Hamilton over the weekend must monitor for Covid-19 symptoms, after attending a possible superspreader event.

Reports of a suspected Covid case at Soundsplash Festival… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Inflation continues to run hot -- with the latest figures from Stats NZ putting the consumer price index at 5.9 percent in the year to December.

To take a closer look at the effects of rising prices… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Auckland Transport is beefing up security on its public transport services, following a spate of attacks on bus drivers.

It says Transport Officers will now be onboard buses on busy routes, and some… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.

Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.French tennis player Alize Cornet is having second thoughts about hanging up her racquet. Audio

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

12:17 PM.The doctor accused of torturing children at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s has died.

Selwyn Leeks was 92 years old.

Dr Leeks was accused of using electric shocks and paralysing drugs… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government's newly tightened rules for mask use under the 'red' traffic light setting has advocates concerned it will put added pressure on those already struggling in Aotearoa.

They say for… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is appearing before the High Court in Auckland trying to get out of jail.

Tamaki has been in remand at Mt Eden Prison in Auckland for breaching lockdown rules in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Brian Tamaki supporters gather outside prison while court hears his appeal, and advocates are concerned Omicron restrictions could push those in poverty to the brink. Audio

12:47 PM.Aid is arriving in Tonga following the volcanic eruption and tsunami more than a week ago.

Meanwhile, Samoa is extending its Covid lockdown after border staff contracted the virus.

RNZ Pacific… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.5000 portable air cleaners are on the way for schools - but they won't land in time for the start of the school year.

Just 500 are expected to arrive by March, with the rest to be delivered three… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Nico Porteous defended his halfpipe gold at the X Games in Colorado, with commentators describing his routine as the most technical ever landed. Audio

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

12:13 PM.House prices shot up 25 percent in the year to December, according to TradeMe's sales figures.

That took the national average asking price to $956,000.

Trade Me Property Sales Director Gavin Lloyd… Read more Audio