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12:43 PM.The Opua business association says it is working with authorities to ensure that delta won't get into the community with the imminent arrival in the Bay of Islands of around 50 yachts escaping Fiji's… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A plan has been hatched to solve a feral kurī or dog issue in Te Tai Tokerau, Northland. Audio

12:27 PM.Silver Ferns call in reinforcements for England series. Audio

12:20 PM.Consumers flock to help small businesss in lockdown. Audio

12:17 PM.The Vaxi Taxi; double jab ute; chariots of pfizer.

Whatever they're called -- the first vaccination busses begin rolling into South Auckland today, to improve immunisation rates across all suburbs. 

12:12 PM.The cost of rents continue to skyrocket - and not even the latest lockdown could stop prices reaching an all-time high.

August figures from TradeMe show the national median weekly rent is $550 a week… Read more Audio

12:08 PM.Searchers are making the most of a reprieve in the weather today to scale up their attempts to find a missing Waikato father Thomas Phillips and his three young children.

The family's abandoned ute… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The economy was running red hot prior to lockdown Surf lifesavers join the search for a missing Waikato family. Audio

12:49 PM.The Australian government has several times now vowed to improve Covid-19 vaccination rates within indigenous communities, but has come in for severe criticism for leaving measures too late.

The… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Competition is heating up to find out who will take the feathered crown as voting opens for the National Aquarium's Penguin of the Year.

Three kororā finalists will be announced on Thursday next… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The National Party is calling for the government to release a long-awaited report on Oranga Tamariki.

The Minister for Children Kelvin Davis appointed a four person panel earlier this year to provide… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith concedes there is a chance he won't play for the All Blacks again this year. Audio

12:22 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:17 PM.More saliva test kits are being added to New Zealand's Covid-fighting arsenal, but some experts aren't convinced they can currently be rolled out en masse.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Associate Professor… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The ructions at the Samoan parliament continue to escalate.

Yesterday, elected but unsworn members of the opposition HRPP party were prevented from entering the House, because they refuse to… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The search for a family missing around the King Country coastal area today is being impacted by bad weather.

Thomas Phillips and his children Jayda, Maverick and Ember were last seen at the weekend.

12:00 PM.Poor weather hampers the search for a missing family and voting opens for Penguin of the Year. Audio

12:46 PM.Get ready to 'look up' and join the Great Kererū Count.

The citizen science project is in its eighth and final year, finding out where the birds are living across the motu.

Māni Dunlop speaks to the… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.People with cancer symptoms are being urged to get tested, after hundreds of cases went undiagnosed during last year's nationwide Covid-19 lockdown.

Te Aho o Te Kahu, the independent Cancer Control… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The labour situation on farms is worsening. Audio

12:28 PM.Will Argentina be any better against the All Blacks this week? Audio

12:20 PM.Briscoes has performed well once again. Audio

12:16 PM.More than 1.1 million people gathered around the country at Midday today to embrace te reo Māori in some way for Māori language week.

E whai ana a te taura whiri i te reo Maori kia kotahi miriona… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Samoa's Parliament is under police guard today for its first sitting since the general election on 9 April, but members of the opposition HRPP party are not present.

This morning, police with shields… Read more Audio