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12:35 PM.The Government is defending the time it has taken to review the livestock export trade.

Rurals reporter, Maja Burry, has mo ngā korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The Black Caps cricket side are hoping Mitchell Santner isn't laid low by illness for too much longer.

Sports reporter Felicity Reid has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Dairy company, Synlait Milk has withdrawn its full year 2021 guidance because of significant uncertainty and volatility within its business.

Business reporter Andrew McRae has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.A leading vaccinologist says the country's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out needs to be flexible, because whom the country's most vulnerable are will change depending on whether Aotearoa is facing community… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.A leading advocate for prison reform says distressing findings of how a prisoner was treated should be motivation to create significant change within the criminal justice system.

Documents obtained… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The rough treatment of a suicidal prisoner raises questions, and the government is under pressure to explain its vaccine roll-out.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito korero. Read more Audio

12:46 PM.The Principals Federation is disappointed by the reaction to its call for members to defy a directive that forces them to enrol students kicked out of other schools for violence.

Speaking to RNZ this… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The government is still under fire for not reaching all communities with its Covid-19 messaging.

More than a quarter of residents in Tāmaki Makaurau identify with an Asian ethnicity - the largest… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Farmers, dairy analysts and other industry players were shocked this morning when they woke to find there had been a huge 15 percent lift in prices at the global auction overnight.

Rural reporter… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Rugby World Cup organisers are defending their decision to delay the 2021 event.

Sports Editor, Stephen Hewson, has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.A large rise in the global diary market overnight has taken the market by surprise.

Andrew McRae has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.The Māori Party co-leader, Rawiri Waititi, says Brian and Hannah Tamaki fleeing Auckland's lockdown for Rotorua sets a bad example.

At a church service in Rotorua on Sunday, the couple admitted… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Unite union says increasing the amount workers get paid if they're ordered to self-isolate won't make any difference to whether staff actually receive a payment.

The National Party is proposing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The chair of the Women's Rugby World Cup organising committee says the risk of the tournament being adversely affected by the Covid pandemic was simply too high to hold the event this year.

The World… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Women's Rugby World Cup is postponed, National proposes paying isolating workers in full.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio

12:47 PM.The Silver Ferns take on Australia for the first time in 18 months tonight, when they meet in the first of four Tests in Christchurch.

With the relatively inexperienced Diamonds having had to undergo… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.A Māori university students association leader in Auckland says the government has been too general in its Covid-19 messaging and they are having to take matters into their own hands to ensure their… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A Motueka apple company has created a new brand to sell storm-damaged fruit which would otherwise be going to waste.

Rural reporter Andrew McRae has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.A new-look Australia netball side will take on the Silver Ferns.

Sports reporter Barry Guy has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Kiwisaver provider, Simplicity, throws down the gauntlet to banks.

Business Editor, Gyles Beckford, has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The government has announced an independent review into New Zealand's drug buying agency, Pharmac.

The review will look at how the agency is meeting its goals as well as equity issues for Māori and… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Government is facing criticism for their Covid-19 messaging being too general, and not targetted enough to specific hapori.

Questions have been raised about the instructions given to whānau and… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.A damning report just released by the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found bullying, harassment and a related negative culture exist within the police workforce.

The 115-page report says… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The IPCA finds the Police force wracked with bullying. Questions over the country's Covid-19 messaging.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito kōrero. Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Muslim groups are calling for much faster action and accountability over the mosque attacks, including meaningful change to the country's security services..

The Federation of Islamic Associations… Read more Audio