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12:35 PM.Wools of New Zealand and Primary Wool Co-Operative are proposing to merge together.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.New Zealand Rugby League defends its decision to pull out of the World Cup.

Stephen Hewson has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.First home buyers scoop up a bigger share of the housing market.

Gyles Beckford has the Business News. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.CoreLogic's property market and economic update has found the housing market is reaching a turning point, with sales and price growth expected to peak in coming months.

The figures for the three… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.Many in Wellington were left with more questions than answers this morning when they called a new national 0800 number to book their long-awaited vaccinations - only to be told they had to go to their… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Government will announce this afternoon whether or not it will be popping the trans-Tasman travel bubble.

Multiple Australian states are bracing for an increase of Covid-19 cases, as officials… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Government weighs up closing the trans-Tasman bubble. A new national Covid vaccine hotline is off to a rocky start.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio

12:46 PM.The world has ended and there's only one place to go to survive: Katuku Island.

That's the basis of a new video game, launched this morning, which its creators hope will go some way in linking… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Today marks the 40th anniversary of the first game of the controversial Springboks rugby Tour, which divided the country.

In 1981 South Africa's rugby team was invited to tour Aotearoa, with some New… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A Hawke's Bay ecologist says recent flood events are more traumatic than they need to be.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:26 PM.The Oly Whites hope to cash in on their favourable Tokyo football draw.

Stephen Hewson has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Contact Energy and Meridian Energy are looking to build the world's first large-scale green hydrogen plant in Southland.

Nicholas Pointon has business. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Critics of the government's Covid-19 vaccine rollout are concerned some of the country's most vulnerable may get lost in the system, as the final group four joins the programme from next week.

Only… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Trade Minister, Damien O'Connor, is down-playing concerns that there will be any trade retaliation from China, after the Government accused the country of state-sponsored cyber attacks.

The… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The Pasifika Medical Association is calling for more medical staff to immediately join those on the ground in Fiji.

Fiji recorded over 1000 new cases yesterday, and a record 21 daily deaths from the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Calls for New Zealand to step up its Covid support for Fiji, and the Government has no concerns about retaliation from China.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Whareroa Marae is celebrating a small win against heavy industry, after an oil company withdrew its application to build and run a jet fuel tank farm at the nearby port in Mount Maunganui. Timaru Oil… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Fiji's revising its Covid-19 death toll upwards, after months of attributing many of them to pre-existing medical conditions. The official figure stands at 125, but the Health Secretary James Fong… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The pork industry says it is up to the government to ensure the devastating pork disease African Swine Fever, doesn't arrive in New Zealand. Audio

12:28 PM.Football Ferns captain Ali Riley is hoping they can kick-start the New Zealand team's Olympics and their campaign with a good result in their opening game against Australia tonight. Audio

12:20 PM.Morrison & Co, the utilities investment business and manager of the listed company Infratil is getting new leadership. Audio

12:17 PM.The National Party is calling for the police to reinstate armed response units - saying the police commissioner got it wrong stopping them. 

Judith Collins says the community actually wanted the… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.New Zealand's Tokyo Olympic campaign begins tonight when the Football Ferns face off against Australia at 11.30pm. But the Olympics' motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together" might need to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.There are growing concerns New Zealand will likely see trade retaliation from China after the government's condemnation of the country. New Zealand yesterday joined allies in criticising what are… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Will there be consequences for speaking out against the largest buyer of New Zealand's exports? Fiji revises its Covid-19 death toll upwards and West Coast residents brace for a long recovery. Audio