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12:00 PM.Builders in Auckland get ready for level three. An anxious wait for test results in Upper Hauraki. Audio

12:45 PM.A housing initiative for first home buyers in Lower Hutt has been drawing successful applicants out of a ballot this morning.

Koru Homes has completed a residential housing development in Wainuiomata… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The Māori King - Kingi Tuheitia - and other esteemed leaders are encouraging everyone to go and get vaccinated to increase innoculation rates among Māori.

Kingi Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero te… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Dairy farmers are losing faith in the MIQ system.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:26 PM.The New Zealand canoe racer Aimee Fisher is revelling in her world title after what she's calling the toughest 12 months of her life.

Stephen Hewson has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The service sector activity plunges in lockdown.

Anan Zaki has the latest business news. Read more Audio

12:19 PM.A New Zealand father who's been stuck in Spain says he feels like he's won the lottery in securing spots in MIQ for him and his family to return home.

Allister and his two children all logged in… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.This afternoon, Aucklanders will hear if they will remain in their alert level four – or move down a step to three.

However with an outbreak in the Waikato region, there are concerns an anticipated… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Anxiety has spread through a rural Waikato community on the Hauraki plains, after three people tested postive for Covid-19 last night.

The three are household members of a remand prisoner at Mt Eden… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The small rural communities around the Hauraki Plains are turning out in force to get tested for Covid-19, after three people in the Waikato hapori tested positive for the virus last night.

The three… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Cabinet ministers will begin meeting in about half an hour to consider any changes to Delta restrictions.

A steady flow of people have been going through a testing centre near Kaiaua on the Firth of… Read more Audio

12:57 PM.As the Māori Party here campaigns to officially change the country's name from New Zealand to Aotearoa - Worldwatch thought it appropriate to put together a very brief history lesson - and take a look… Read more Audio

12:54 PM.China has applied to join the world's biggest free trade agreement -- the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership -- the CPTPP.

Of course, China has particular tensions with two CPTPP… Read more Audio

12:48 PM.Despite restrictions easing on Fiji's mainland, six remote islands have been put on high-alert amid the escalating rise in Covid-19 cases there.

Health teams have been sent to these areas where… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.An improvement in the weather is helping in the search for the missing Phillips whānau, with the search continuing to focus on the Marokopa coastline today.

Thomas Phillips and his three young… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Māori are significantly more likely to die after surgery than non-Māori.

A new study, published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal, shows that no matter the type of surgery, a significant… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The farm or pāmu services sector is grappling with freight issues. Audio

12:27 PM.The White Ferns is sticking with its new batting lineup despite first up loss. Audio

12:20 PM.Air New Zealand is bleeding millions during lockdown. Audio

12:17 PM.The Human Rights Commission will no longer consider complaints about the overuse of te reo Māori or anything relating to the term Pākehā.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority made a similar move… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.A homicide investigation is underway after three people were found dead at a Timaru house last night.

The police were called to the house on Queen Street in the suburb of Parkside just after 10… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.School holidays in Tāmaki Makaurau will go ahead from the beginning of October as planned. The government considered bringing the dates forward in response to the city's drawn-out lockdown, but has… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Auckland school holidays will go ahead as normal. Timaru is rocked by a triple homicide. Audio

12:56 PM.The simmering conflict between West Papuan independence fighters and Indonesian military forces has flared up again.

There are more signs of mass displacement too, following an attack on an… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Equestrian New Zealand is disappointed by the actions of a rider who allegedly flouted lockdown rules to travel to Wānaka.

William Willis, along with his partner Hannah Rawnsley, were named as the… Read more Audio