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12:16 PM.Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Auckland University associate professor of… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Hundreds of Aucklanders have turned out to Covid-19 testing centres across the city - with more demand than anticipated at one in Ōtara town centre.

That station is a short drive from two new… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Three members of a Papatoetoe High whānau… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Anxieties are raised in Auckland over Covid community cases and 200 jobs to be lost at Whakatane Mill.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito kōrero. Read more Audio

12:48 PM.Rescuers are still attempting to refloat a pod of aboout 30 pilot whales, that re-stranded at Farewell Spit this morning.

The whales were initially re-floated last night, but were found back on the… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Moriori have arrived at parliament ahead of their settlement getting closer to passing into law - a move which descendents describe as restoring their cultural identity.

Early last year, descendants… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The latest figures from Stats NZ shows all nine child poverty measures showed downward trends compared to two years ago, but year-on-year changes are less clear.

The latest figures from Stats NZ… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The rural services company PGG Wrightson has posted a half year profit.

Maja Burry has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The White Ferns resume their cricket World Cup preparations.

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

12:20 PM.Sky TV triples its profit.

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

12:17 PM.The Southland Regional Council says it has ramped up the monitoring of toxic waste levels at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

The Environment minister David Parker today slammed New Zealand Aluminium… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Before covid-19 hit, Stats NZ says progress was being made to reduce child poverty, with improvements across the nine different measures compared to two years ago.

However, the official figures out… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The Ministry of Health has announced there is a new case of Covid-19 in the community.

It comes as the Ministry reveals it is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A new Covid-19 case in the community. Child poverty figures show little progress. And frustrations boil over about the Tiwai Point smelter.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A key figure in the Christchurch rescue was Dan Ohs, who was ambulance scene commander at the PGC building, which collapsed in the quake.

Mr Ohs is now the Deputy Chief Executive Ambulance… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Thousands of people have turned out for the National Memorial Service in Ōtautahi today, where the 185 victims who died in the Christchurch earthquake 10 years ago are being remembered.

Maurice… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.There are calls for more research into regenerative agriculture.

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

12:28 PM.The Black Caps captain will lay a wreath in Christchurch for the Canterbury earthquake remembrance service.

Brenton Vannisselroy has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Freightways profit drives through the pandemic.

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

12:17 PM.Students are now back in the classroom at Papatoetoe High School for the first time since three community cases of Covid-19 were linked to the school.

After one week off, and a testing blitz, the… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Today marks 10 years since the February earthquake claimed 185 lives.

RNZ's Christchurch reporter, Rachel Graham, was at the Canterbury Earthquake Memorial site for the official ceremony and spoke to… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.At 12.51pm it will be 10 years since a devastating 6.2 earthquake struck Ōtautahi Christchurch, bringing down buildings and killing 185 people.

A National service will get underway at half-past-12 at… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.It's 10 years since an earthquake killed 185 people in Christchurch. Ports of Auckland workers the latest people to be vaccinated against Covid-19. And Papatoetoe High students are back to school… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.The Black Caps cricketer, Kyle Jamieson, says it's both special and surreal to become one of the most expensive buys, in Indian Premier League history.

The all-rounder became an instant… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.To Australia, where the extent of collateral damage of Facebook's mass un-friending is still becoming clear.

Charities, welfare groups, health and emergency services were caught up when Facebook… Read more Audio