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12:12 PM.National Party MPs are still locked away in a caucus meeting after internal issues erupted into the public arena around 9.30pm last night, while Parliament was sitting under urgency.

Party leader… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The National Party's internal ructions spill out into the public arena. Audio

12:51 PM.In Papua New Guinea, violent clashes have taken place between members of the country's army and police on the streets of the capital, Port Moresby.

It's prompted the Prime Minister James Marape to… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The National Party wants unruly tenants kicked out of Kāinga Ora housing, provided they've been warned, to show bad behaviour is unacceptable.

The state housing agency has a sustaining tenancies… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.A strike by Countdown workers starting today will impact about thirty per cent of the supermarket chain's food supply.

Around 700 essential workers at two Auckland Countdown distribution centres have… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The primary sector wants to know whether it can require staff to get vaccinated. Audio

12:27 PM.The Breakers will go through another round of testing after several members tested positive for covid. Audio

12:19 PM.Destructive weather events are taking a toll on Tower Insurance's profits. Audio

12:16 PM.KiwiRail's chief executive Greg Miller has resigned following an investigation into alleged bullying at the state-owned company.

Mr Miller rejects the allegations.

But the head of the Rail and… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Economists are tipping an interest rate rise at the Reserve Bank's monetary policy announcement this afternoon.

Most say the official cash rate will be raised 25 basis points, to 0.75 percent, but a… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Parliament is urgently passing the laws to implement the new covid traffic light system and vaccine passes.

But human rights groups and constitutional specialists are concerned the laws won't get… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Parliament is urgently passing the laws to implement the new covid traffic light system and vaccine passes. Audio

12:46 PM.The app to check whether people have a genuine vaccine pass launched this morning.

It's called the 'NZ Pass Verifier', and it's what cafes, bars, and other businesses will use to scan customers'… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.The government will launch a new tool to help employers figure out which of their staff need to be vaccinated.

The tool is still being refined but is likely to assess four factors -  the environment… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.In 2019 the Government announced the sector would have to start paying for emissions from 2025, and the industry was given time to develop a way to measure and price them. Audio

12:28 PM.Black Caps spinner Ajaz Patel's excited to take on India. Audio

12:20 PM.ASB suspends some property lending. Audio

12:16 PM.A social service provider wants Kāinga Ora to stay in its lane building houses, and leave tricky social work to the specialists.

Kāinga Ora has not evicted any tenants in the last three years, and… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Police have arrested a 63-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman in Auckland this morning, after a protest was held in Auckland Domain on Saturday in breach of Auckland's Alert level restrictions.

Māni… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Workplace Relations Minister has outlined a new assessment tool to help employers figure out which of their staff need to be vaccinated.

Michael Wood says it will provide a clear framework when… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Employers get a new tool to figure out who needs to be vaccinated. Audio

12:45 PM.Misinformation about Covid-19 in Papua New Guinea is pushing some people from vaccine hesitancy to vaccine phobia, according to aid sector workers.

Just 1.7 percent of eligible people in Papua New… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.NCEA and scholarship exams start today.

First up: level two Physics and te reo Rangatira - essentially advanced te reo Maori. 

Māni Dunlop speaks to RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Time for sport now, with Stephen Hewson. And NZ Rugby is standing by All Blacks coach Ian Foster despite back to back losses. Audio