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12:46 PM.A legal expert wants cultural reports to be more accessible for people being sentenced -- but they must be of high quality. According to Ministry of Justice figures, there has been a significant… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Data from the largest-ever study of violence against women shows hundreds of millions of women are subjected to physical or sexual violence during their lifetime.

The World Health Organisation says… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The fruit and vegetable firm T & G Global is asking its town based staff to help out in apple packhouses. Audio

12:28 PM.The preamble is finally over, Team New Zealand begin their America's Cup title defence this afternoon. Audio

12:19 PM.The Reserve Bank is ending some of the emergency liquidity measures it put in place as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the economy. Audio

12:17 PM.Racing in the America's Cup begins later this afternoon.

Māni Dunlop speaks to RNZ sports reporter Felicity Reid who's on Auckland's waterfront.  Read more Audio

12:15 PM.A Hawke's Bay school is facing criticism for banning Māori teachers from using the te reo terms - Whaea and Matua. 

According to TVNZ, those teachers claim the principal said those names were… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Minister for Children, Kelvin Davis, has given a clear direction to Oranga Tamariki to change its ways - following the exit of its former chief executive - Grainne Moss.

Mrs Moss announced her… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Using te reo Māori on air is not in breach of the country's broadcasting standards. 

This comes from a recent Broadcasting Standards Authority decision following a complaint about TVNZ using te reo… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Health providers want to make sure no New Zealander is left behind in the vaccine rollout.

The government yesterday announced it's bought enough doses of the Pfizer vaccine for everyone, and will… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The Privacy Commissioner and the Independent Police Conduct Authority have just released the Terms of Reference for their inquiry, focused on photos of people who were not being detained or suspected… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.This week apple orchardists said they were leaving fruit unpicked because there weren't enough staff. Audio

12:28 PM.On the eve of racing in the America's Cup match, helmsman Peter Burling is confident Te Rehutai will be competitive against the Italian challengers. Audio

12:20 PM.Australian based telecommunications company Vocus has ditched the idea of a New Zealand market listing of its local business in favour of a takeover deal from an Australian consortium. Audio

12:18 PM.The government has suspended talks on the Bluff aluminium smelter's closure due to a lack of commitment to cleaning up the site.

It has been negotiating since September over how New Zealand Aluminium… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The Minister of Police is warning officers they should be taking photos of the public only when it is within the bounds of the law. 

RNZ has revealed the Police are approaching innocent young people… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Police have been forced to front-up and explain why they are collecting details and photos of innocent young people. RNZ first reported on rangatahi being stopped and phographed by officers in… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.School students are set to depart on a virtual field trip to learn more about the unsung hero of New Zealand's oceans this week.

The organisers of Seaweek 2021 suspect that seaweed could be the key… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Women are less likely to be the sole owner of a house in New Zealand than men.

Research into the subject has been released this morning by property and analysis company CoreLogic, which says the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Severe labour shortages are meaning some smaller apple growers are only able to get pickers once a week.

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

12:28 PM.The Silver Ferns concede Australia may not have been at their best, as New Zealand won netball's Constellation Cup for the first time in nine years.

Sports reporter Clay Wilson has te pūrongo… Read more Audio

12:19 PM.Wellington-based car share company Mevo is expanding through the takeover of a Hamilton company.

Business reporter, Kim Savage, has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:14 PM.It's possible the Air New Zealand worker will not experience their Covid symptoms so severely, because they received a vaccine last week.

Dr Fran Priddy is the clinical director of Vaccine Alliance… Read more Audio