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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

12:35 PM.The number of deer being farmed in New Zealand appears to be stabilising.

Rural reporter, Susan Murray, has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The Black Caps all-rounder Kyle Jamieson went to bed early last night but woke up in time to find out he'd become one of cricket's newest multi-millionaires.

Sports reporter, Bridget Tunnicliffe, has… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The hospitality and brewing company Moa Group is selling the business from which it was born and gave it its name.

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

12:17 PM.A protest is underway outside insurance company Vero's Christchurch's office, with building owners dismayed to be still fighting for earthquake repairs 10 years on. 

The protest was organised by the… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine roll-out begins this afternoon - with those who will be administering the Pfizer immunisations the first in line.

It comes almost a year after the country's first… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.NASA's rover Perseverance has this morning successfully landed on Mars.

Perseverance has spent seven months travelling from Earth, and is NASA's most ambitious attempt at searching for signs of life… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The search for ancient life on Mars begins, and the start of the vaccine rollout in New Zealand.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito korero.

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12:51 PM.A pro-independence politician is set to be elected president of New Caledonia - after the territory's congress elected a pro-independence government.

Yesterday's vote follows the collapse this month… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.The man who crashed into a Lower Hutt woman on a pedestrian crossing, leaving her seriously injured, has pleaded guilty.

Twenty-seven-year-old Jade Mark Harris faced charges in the Hutt Valley… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.The America's Cup challenger series finals look set to get back underway, after Auckland moved from alert level 3 to level 2 overnight.

But there are ongoing differences between the Challengers of… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A Northern Hakwe's Bay farmer caught up in the response to a bovine TB outbreak says they're not getting the support they need to stay afloat.

Susan Murray has te pūrongo taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Racing in the America's Cup challenger final will resume under Alert Level 2 restrictions, despite the organisers wishes.

Brenton Vannisselroy has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Auckland international Airport has posted a sharply reduced profit as Covid-19 destroyed its earnings.

Kim Savage has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Aircrew on a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules have joined the search for two people who yesterday called for help from their sinking yacht near Coromandel.
 
It has joined the Navy frigate… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Blood tests have found unsafe levels of lead in some East Otago residents - including a number of children.

Almost 1,400 residents in and around Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village have been… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.All staff at the workplace of a positive case have now returned negative test results for Covid-19.

A woman who worked at the laundry of LSG Sky Chefs was one of the three original community cases of… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Negative tests at LSG Skychefs as Auckland moves to Level 2, health authorities carry out a dry run of Covid-19 immunisations, and concern as Otago residents test positive for lead.

Nicola Wright has… Read more Audio