Midday Report Podcast Options

12:46 PM.There are a number of locations of interest in Wellington from the weekend. RNZ reporter Ruth Hill tells Sarah Robson what those places are. Audio

12:44 PM.The number of people using the Covid Tracer app has dropped again, after the Auckland outbreak earlier this year. Dr Andrew Chen is a digital technology expert and a research fellow at Auckland… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.The capital is on high alert after a person who visited from Sydney over the weekend tested positive for Covid-19. A number of locations of interests have been identified - including a bar and several… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Costs to reinstate the Ashburton River are piling up. The Canterbury Regional Council says it needs financial help from central government in order to reinstate the river which flooded earlier this… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.With 600 international wickets under his belt, Black Caps bowler Tim Southee is hoping to add a few more on the last day of the World Test Championship Final against India. Audio

12:22 PM.Sydney's COVID-19 Bondi cluster has grown, and Queensland has closed its borders to COVID-19 hotspots. The Bondi cluster grew by ten cases yesterday - taking it to 21. Other states have started… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Experts are urging Wellingtonians to take a cautious approach over the coming days, as the extent of Covid-19 spread is ascertained. Professor Shaun Hendy is a Covid-19 data modelling expert and the… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.As the virus has spread around the world, it's been a case of survival of the fittest with the best mutations surviving and prospering. The positive case who was in Wellington at the weekend had… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The list of locations of interest has continued to grow throughout the morning. RNZ Wellington reporter Ruth Hill has the latest. 

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12:11 PM.All options are on the table as health officials begin testing, tracing, and responding to a trans-Tasman bubble incursion in the capital. A traveller from Sydney who arrived in Wellington on Saturday… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Covid-19's long weekend in Wellington? What happens next.... Genome sequencing, and contact tracing are underway. Audio

12:43 PM.A large shipment of flu vaccines has been ruined and thousands of Papatoetoe patients are without their medical clinic in another tale of destruction from the weekend's tornado. A large window and… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Councils, iwi and developers will soon be able to start pitching the government for funding under the $3.8 billion Housing Acceleration Fund. Criteria released today is focused on building multiple… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries says lessons have been learnt from its M bovis response, The clean-up is far from over in flood-hit South Canterbury and imports of fresh lychees and mangos from… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The new All Blacks are enjoying their selection for tests against Tonga and Fiji, as new prop Ethan de Groot says his selection shows players from outside the main regions can still get to the top. Audio

12:20 PM.The gap between the old and young continues to widen. Household confidence levels are on the rise, Demand for commercial property is booming in Nelson and Employers will need to start offering more… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.A criminologist is concerned about the discrepancies in the official accounts of how the police ended up shooting a man dead. 35-year-old Shargin Stephens was killed in 2016 after he smashed up an… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The government has unveiled its plan to better protect the Hauraki Gulf - Tiikapa Moana - for future generations. Successive reports in recent years have warned about the impact of overfishing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The government has unveiled its plan to better protect the Hauraki Gulf - Tiikapa Moana - for future generations. Successive reports in recent years have warned about the impact of overfishing… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A plan to clean up the Hauraki Gulf and the Ministry for Primary Industries says mistakes were made during the M. bovis response. Audio

12:45 PM.Fiji's Covid-19 crisis continues to deepen - after a record 166 new cases were detected yesterday. The Fijian government - reluctant to enforce a national lockdown - has now stopped providing… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Peace activists picketing outside Rocket Lab's Auckland headquarters are demanding it stop launching surveillance and military satellites from New Zealand. They say it's contributing to the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.After the major flooding in Canterbury earlier this month farmers on the East Coast north of Gisborne are now in clean-up mode after a huge deluge over the weekend. Audio

12:28 PM.18-year-old Reece Walsh has been named to start at fullback for the Maroons just two months after making his NRL debut for the Warriors. The teenager will become the youngest Origin debutant since Ben… Read more Audio