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12:35 PM.With the apple export season about two thirds of the way done, the sector's concerns about a smaller export crop are being realised. Audio

12:20 PM.Buyers appear to be circling two New Zealand-based operations with a view to launching takeover bids. Audio

12:20 PM.The England manager Gareth Southgate is refusing to get carried away with their result. England's 2-nil win over their arch-rivals in the last 16 of the European championship was their first over… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The Government's latest Three Waters announcement is a step forward for addressing years of Council under-investment in water infrastructure. It's the biggest shake-up of drinking, storm and waste… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The people appointed to be the Children's Minister's eyes-and-ears on Oranga Tamariki were concerned about what they found when they went into a youth residential facility yesterday. That comes after… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Children's Ministers' advisors worried by what they find in youth residences. And the government releases more information on its water reforms. Audio

12:46 PM.A disturbing survey released yesterday found Christchurch Girls High students are regularly being sexually harassed by their male peers. 60 percent of students who responded to the survey say they… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.125 people in the Novotel Auckland Airport managed isolation facility will have their stay extended after two returnees tested positive for Covid-19 on day 12 The other returnees staying at the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Farmers appear to be handling the polar blast that's been battering parts of the country this morning. Audio

12:28 PM.World Champions France are bundled out of the European football champs. Audio

12:20 PM.Potential buyers circle Sky TV. Audio

12:18 PM.The wild weather that's hitting right across the motu is expected to begin settling down in the next 48 hours. But as MetService meteorologist, April Clark, told Michael Cropp, it could get even… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The snow has been settling in Dunedin's hillside suburbs since yesterday evening. Michael Cropp spoke to RNZ reporter Tess Brunton from the Ōtepoti suburb of Brockville. Audio

12:13 PM.It's tino makariri -- very cold and the icy weather blasting up from Antarctica is causing widespread disruption. Snow flurries have forced the closure of several schools and State Highways, now… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Sensitive documents from the Waikato District Health Board have been released onto the dark web. The leak comes in the wake of last month's ransomware attack that crippled five hospitals' IT systems… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.In the programme today, Waikato DHB documents appear on the dark web, a polar blast takes the country by storm, and it's d-Day for the Australian travel bubble. Audio

12:48 PM.A polar blast is about to sweep across the country. You can also expect some heavy snow, rain or strong winds, depending on where you are. MetService meteorologist,

Meteorologist Peter Little, spoke… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Horowhenua residents are being asked to continue conserving water for the next 24 to 48 hours after heavy rain at the weekend put huge pressure on water treatment plants in the region.

Max Towle… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that a swearing-in ceremony held by the country's FAST party last month was illegal.

The FAST party, which won the controversial election back in April, held the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Plastic fruit stickers are set to be phased out.

Sally Murphy has mo ngā kōrero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The country's first ever Olympic surfers are named.

Sports editor Stephen Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The financial markets bet on earlier rate rises.

Business Editor Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.In Australia, millions of people are currently under lockdown or tough restrictions, after a day of Covid chaos.

Thirty new cases were detected in New South Wales, while an outbreak in the Northern… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Health officials are encouraging Wellingtonians who are feeling a little under the weather to go and get a Covid test to help ensure the city is free of the virus.

So far there have been no positive… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Widespread sexual harrassment, and 20 instances of rape, have been uncovered in a survey of students at Christchurch Girls' High School.

The principal believes the survey only shows a fraction of the… Read more Audio