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12:46 PM.An Auckland-based epidemiologist is urging New Zealanders to remain focused on ensuring they are fully vaccinated against Covid as the traffic lights loosen restrictions. 

As more mingling and mixing… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The Wellington Phoenix will make sporting history tonight when they play their inaugural women's A-league match.

New Zealand's first professional women's football team will hope to open with victory… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The Black Caps are eyeing a first-ever series win in India. 

Friday's top sports stories with Glen Larmer.  Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Fonterra heads for a record milk payout, and the latest business news with Anan Zaki  Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Vax passports are the ticket to freedom under the new traffic light system, but with all things tech there are teething problems.

RNZ has had reports of people downloading the Malaysaian version of… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Aucklanders are finally out and about as the traffic light flashes red after 108 days of lockdown.

Some are brandishing their newly laminated or digital vaccine passports to get to the front of the… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Health authorities in Fiji are urgently testing recent arrivals to see whether the new Covid variant Omicron is in the country.

The country reopened its borders to tourists yesterday.

Sources from… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.15 Defence Force troops are today heading to the Solomon Islands, to help calm the growing unrest.

A further 50, also including police officers, are due to depart at the weekend.

RNZ Pacific's… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Councils throughout the country are split on the issue of allowing access to public facilities for unvaccinated people.

On the whole, city councils will require vaccination passes to enter their… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.Spinner Ajaz Patel is confident the Black Caps can pull off an upset win against hosts India in the second and final test in Mumbai to complete a historic series victory. Audio

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

12:17 PM.A cafe and a campsite in Gisborne are being criticised for not using vaccine passes, saying it will put the community - which has the lowest vaccination rates in the country - at risk.

Far East… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Children aged 5 and older might be eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations from around the time school begins next year.

Dr Ashley Bloomfield says if the vaccine is approved, officials would work to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.One of Dilworth School's most prolific child sex offenders has been sentenced to six and a half years in jail.

The former chaplain Ross Douglas Browne pleaded guilty to 16 charges in October.

And… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Jail-time for a former school chaplain for sexually abusing pupils. 

And health officials promise a different approach to vaccinating children Audio

12:45 PM.Housing analysts say there's been big fall away in first home buyers.

Agents are reporting fewer people showing up to open homes and auctions.

And investors are still backing off, too.

Max Towle… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Auckland's mayor wants the council to adopt a $1 billion climate change package - largely paid for by a targeted levy. 

It comes as the council received a report saying it was not on track to halve… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.The Black Caps coach Gary Stead has defended the performance of New Zealand's spinners, in the side's hard fought draw against India in Kanpur. Audio

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

12:18 PM.In Australia, Sydney and the Central Coast are on edge, waiting to discover just how far and wide the Omicron Covid variant has spread.

Exposure sites are increasing, after at least five positive… Read more Audio