Midday Report for Friday 24 April 2020

12:53 PM.The Coastguard is reminding people that it will be status quo for boaties during Alert Level 3 and to remain vigilant about not going out on the water.

New Zealand moves to Level 3 at 11.59pm on… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.Police are reminding New Zealanders to remain at home this long weekend, as concerns mount that New Zealanders are becoming too lax about the lockdown.

Police have dealt with 4,452 breaches since the… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.New Zealand Rugby says it's saddened by the departure of Raelene Castle as chief executive of Rugby Australia.

Clay Wilson has sports news. Read more Audio

12:19 PM.Fonterra says it's too early to predict what effect covid-19 may have on next season's milk price.

Andrew McRae has the business news. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The first plane load of vulnerable Britons are currently queuing to board a flight home.

The first of five repatriation flights organised by the UK Government leaves Auckland at 1.40pm.

The British… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Supermarket workers say they are crushed by the decision by the country's two biggest supermarket chains to stop paying their workers an extra 10 percent on their wage.

Countdown and Foodstuffs have… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A man has been killed in a light aircraft crash in Carterton this morning.

A top-dressing plane was fertilising a farm on Ruakiwi Road, Kourarau Hill, when it crashed at about 7.30am.

RNZ reporter… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A pilot has died in a light plane crash. Supermarkets are ending their essential worker pay bonus.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio