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12:11 PM.Cases numbers around the Motu continue to climb with positive results now in the Manawatū, Waikato and Auckland regions.

The virus has now infected a newborn baby in North Shore hospital as well as a… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Covid-19 cases cause concern in Waikato and is there vaccine hesitancy in Raglan?

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio

12:55 PM.Church leaders in West Papua warn the presence of Indonesian soldiers in classrooms is proving traumatic for children in a region mired in conflict.

The military is also present on the health… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Tuvalu, a tiny Pacific nation near the equator, is celebrating its language this week.

Tuvalu's nine inhabited islands, which are at risk of sinking beneath the waves, are home to about 11,000… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Using facial recognition to figure out how long people will wait in a queue is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

That's according to the Privacy Commissioner who has serious concerns about… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A farmer impacted by covid is encouraging others to get vaccinated. Audio

12:28 PM.Boxer David Nyika is not surprised by corruption at the Rio Games. Audio

12:20 PM.Consumers become more wary in lockdown. Audio

12:16 PM.Thomas Phillips and his three children have now been home safe for a whole day, after spending almost three weeks in the bush - as teams frantically searched for them.

While the community is relieved… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Emergency department doctors say patients infected with Covid-19 are being wrongly classified as low-risk, because of Delta's unusual symptoms, and that could be exacerbating the likelihood of… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A getaway driver who helped police officer Matthew Hunt's killer to escape arrest, has been jailed for 12 months.

Natalie Bracken was sentenced in the High Court in Auckland this morning, via… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Jail time for a getaway driver. And the Phillips family is relieved. Audio

12:53 PM.Australia's Daintree - the world's oldest tropical rainforest - has been returned to its Aboriginal custodians.

The UNESCO World Heritage site is more than 180 million years old and has been home to… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.For the first time - a kaupapa Māori aligned public holiday will have its initial reading in Parliament.

If passed, the first Matariki public holiday will be June 24th 2022 - but will shift each year… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The Phillips family have been found safe and well in Marokopa nearly three weeks since they were last seen.

The search was officially called off last week.

One of those involved in the search was… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The Government this morning announced plans for a one-off residency visa to help up to 165 thousand migrants currently in Aotearoa, including about 9 thousand agricultural workers or kaimahi. Audio

12:28 PM.Pumas border breach puts test against the Wallabies in jeopardy. Audio

12:20 PM.The Reserve Bank is set to take its foot off the monetary accelerator. Audio

12:17 PM.There's widespread enthusiasm among the business, agricultural and health sectors for a new one-off residence visa that could let up to 165,000 migrants stay in the country.

But some migrants say the… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The police say the Phillips family have all been located safe and well this morning in Marokopa.

They were last seen on September 11 and the official search effort was called off last week.

… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.A person is in a critical condition after being shot by police, following a pursuit which ended in the Hillsborough area in Auckland this morning.

The police say the person had a gun and is now in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A fleeing driver is shot by the police. A new visa to let thousands of migrants to stay in the country. Audio

12:45 PM.Kea can parrot their real life behaviour in the virtual world, a new study has found.

University of Auckland researchers trained a group of kea to use a touchscreen laptop with their tongues.

Lead… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Many mayors and councils are gearing up for a fight over the government's Three Waters reforms, while environmentalists are preparing to meet them on the riverbanks of the country's polluted rivers.

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