Midday Report Podcast Options

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

12:17 PM.A UN climate report author believes an agreement by the US and China to work together adds hope and a sense of urgency to the current climate talks.

In a surprise announcement, the two major powers… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency is going back to court to try to get the Health Ministry to share data about unvaccinated Māori.

The Commissioning Agency has had its request for the information… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The government will repeal the Three Strikes Law.

The Justice Minister Kris Faafoi is tabling a repeal bill in Parliament saying the law has led to absurd outcomes, where judges have had to give… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The government will reform the three strikes law and Goverment ministers want Maori vaccination data released. Audio

12:56 PM.The International Transport Workers Federation is calling on Fiji and the Philippines to uphold and protect the rights of seafarers.

The move comes as a group of Filipino sailors stranded in Fiji -… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A working paper on mis-and disinformation says Covid-19 is being used as a Trojan Horse to normalise far right ideologies in Aotearoa.

Another academic says some people who have suffered during covid… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The National Party has released its plan to get students back into school as quickly as possible - and to keep them there.

Among its proposals, it wants children in years 1-to-10 to get an hour each… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.The Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has hailed the influence of veteran bowlers Trent Boult and Tim Southee ahead of tomorrow morning's T20 World Cup semifinal against England in Abu Dhabi. Audio

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

12:16 PM.New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions jumped almost five percent in the last quarter, according to Stats NZ.

Behind the rise was a major increase in coal burning for electricity generation.

New… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The prime minister Jacinda Ardern is visiting Auckland today after nearly three months away due to the Covid-19 restrictions. 

RNZ reporter Kate Gregan has been following along and talks to Māni… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Many people in Auckland are making the most of their new-found freedoms today, now the city is at Alert Level 3, step 2.

Shops have re-opened, and some outdoor gathering sizes have increased to 25.

… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Yesterday's fatal crash in Horowhenua killed three staff from Devon Intermediate in New Plymouth.

Four people died when a truck and another vehicle collided at Kuku on State Highway 1 just after 3… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A school community reels after a fatal crash, Auckland shops re-open, and Aotearoa's emissions keep rising as the Climate Minister admits we should have done better. Audio

12:57 PM.The police have brought in extra reinforcements to deal with a large crowd of demonstrators who are trying to get over barricades outside Parliament.

Māni Dunlop gets the latest from RNZ reporter… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.In Ōtautahi, Christchurch, Cup Day is going ahead today without a crowd.

As well as a bit of horse racing the event is usually a spectacle of flash frocks, fascinators, and suave suits.

RNZ reporter… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Auckland shops can open their doors to the public after the city moves to Alert Level 3, step 2, at 11.59pm tonight.

But with daily case numbers on the rise, what can retailers do to prevent the… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.New Zealand is pushing to make sure the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow aren't just hot air. 

The Climate Change Minister James Shaw is co-leading work to set rules to verify countries are making the… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Moana Pasifika's players will have less than seven weeks to prepare for their debut campaign in Super Rugby Pacific. Audio

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

12:14 PM.A researcher has found bad actors including racist and far right groups are behind some of the misinformation directed at Māori communities.

Kate Hannah is a research fellow at Te Punaha Matatini… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Parliament's laying on extra security as thousands of people take part in protests against public health measures to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.

It's causing some disruption in central… Read more Audio