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12:18 PM.About 150 Hutt Valley High students are doing their school work on the steps of parliament today, hoping the government will replace their mould-riddled classrooms quickly. The school has closed more… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.A group lobbying for the trucking industry is dismayed the government's plan to shake up rail funding could see roads lose out to rail. The rail system will now be paid for out of the Land Transport… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government's outlined a 200 million dollar plan to reset and rebuild the tourism industry. The money will go towards new programmes including mental health support, Māori development and small… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Two men have been given lengthy jail terms for their part in importing nearly half a tonne of methamphetamine into New Zealand - Customs' largest bust in this country to date. Auckland man Isaiah John… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.The National Party wants a vote of no-confidence in the speaker, Trevor Mallard. This follows unruly scenes last night when the speaker used the legal protections of Parliament to defend himself… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.New Zealand's cricketers have made the call to exit the IPL en masse after the tournament was suspended indefinitely overnight. Several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises over the last couple… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The market is thirsty for Marlborough wine - but low grape yields mean demand is outstripping supply. Audio

12:28 PM.Cricket officials in New Zealand and India are working as fast as they can to get New Zealand players and support staff there for the Indian Premier League out of the Covid-ravaged country. Audio

12:19 PM.The Reserve Bank continues to warn about the strength of house prices and how vulnerable households are to either a drop in prices or rise in interest rates. Audio

12:17 PM.The decision by Samoa's head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts. It was supposed to break the month-long political stalemate that's now spiralling into a legal… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A 4-year-old boy who went missing in rural East Cape yesterday afternoon has been found alive. Hundreds of search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search. RNZ reporter Amy Williams talks to… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Public Health experts want to see the Covid-19 response depoliticised, to improve how the pandemic is managed. The Otago University public health blog also calls for the government to strive harder to… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.It's day two of the hearing session into residential state care, which is part of the Royal Commission into abuse in care. A man taken into care at the age of 13 has told the inquiry threats of… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The close-to record prices for export logs are creating bottlenecks in the local supply chain - with small forest owners looking to cash in while the market's hot. Audio

12:28 PM.Another milestone for striker Chris Wood in English football. Audio

12:20 PM.Another online payments company enters the fray. Audio

12:18 PM.More than 10 percent of overseas workers allowed to enter New Zealand have been film, television and entertainment crews. They're among 7000 critical workers who have come across the border in the… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The National Party has hit out against the government's shovel-ready scheme, saying the number of new jobs it's created is inadequate. The spend up was announced in July last year, saying it would… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The Finance Minister has found nearly one billion dollars of unspent Covid-19 money, which will now be spread across different projects. Grant Robertson made the announcement this morning, setting out… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.A nine centimetre plastic toy pony has been found in an albatross nest, leaving rangers concerned an adult albatross tried to feed it to its chick. The plastic toy was found on Tuesday morning in one… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Researchers at the University of Auckland hope they've made a breakthrough in the treatment of tinnitus - the phantom buzzing, ringing, roaring or hissing sound in our ears that can't be heard by… Read more Audio