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12:28 PM.Key changes to the All Blacks team to face Fiji. Audio

12:20 PM.RBNZ rate rises likely to have side effects. Audio

12:16 PM.Hamilton's mayor is trying to reassure residents the city's safe, despite two shootings in the last week. Overnight an armed man was shot dead by police in the suburb of Hillcrest. This follows the… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The police have arrested and removed three protesters from the Kennedy Point development on Waiheke Island. The Protect Pūtiki group have been protesting against the development for 129 days and has… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Another fishing crew tests positive, while the government is poised to act on Australia's Covid-19 outbreak. And protesters are arrested at Putiki Bay. Audio

12:47 PM.Along the North Island's southern coastlines, countless people are on the lookout for an Orca pod. Whale rescuers are hoping to reunite a young orca, now named Toa, with his family (or any pod of orca… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Huge numbers are expected at farming protests around the country on Friday. Groundswell say they're fed up with what they call "increasing Government interference," "unworkable regulations and… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Netball New Zealand has announced in the last half hour the world champion Silver Ferns will play the Australian Diamonds on both sides of the Tasman in October. Audio

12:20 PM.Transport software company, ERoad, is raising capital as it looks to buy a rival business. The company plans to buy the fleet management software company Coretex for about $160 million. Audio

12:19 PM.ASB has raised its lending and deposits rates as a strong economy and growing inflation pressures signal an inevitable change in policy by the Reserve Bank. Kiwibank is also increasing its term… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Some cancer patients will no longer need to fly to Australia for treatments. A new, national cancer treatment service opened in Auckland this morning to provide Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.An energy commentator says power generators - or gen-tailers - make more money when they're burning coal. That's created a perverse incentive which is blocking new renewable power projects. Last year… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Pay talks between senior doctors and district health boards have stalled. The doctors say the DHBs are too focused on the bottom-line, instead of those providing clinical care. RNZ's health… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Doctors' pay talks have stalled and energy companies make money burning coal. Audio

12:50 PM.The flow and quality of the Colorado River is under immense stress, amid drought and intensive water use. From Colorado, the river runs through several states including Utah, Arizona and California… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal has heard male historians have too long determined the narratives of wāhine Māori, which has contributed to the negation of their strength in society. The Mana Wāhine Inquiry… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Fiji's deadly Covid-19 pandemic continues to break records. Yesterday, it reported a new high of 873 new cases in a 24-hour period. There are 9310 active cases in isolation, and 58 people have died… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.SAFE is calling on the government to ban colony cages for hens. Audio

12:28 PM.Tonga and Samoa want more say in how Moana Pasifika Super Rugby team is run. Audio

12:20 PM.Surging house prices may need further action. Audio

12:17 PM.The government is going to overhaul its welfare programme for young children - after a review found it was outdated and inequitable. The Well Child Tamariki Ora programme, which began with Royal New… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Our closed border is creating a shortage of migrant labour but many of those currently employed here still have no choice but to settle for low wages, according to the New Zealand Council of Trade… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Thirteen more mariners have tested positive for Covid-19 They arrived in Wellington yesterday on the foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay, taking the total of infected crew members to 15. At least one… Read more Audio