Midday Report for Monday 30 November 2020

12:45 PM.The company behind the WOMAD brand is confident it can put on a festival in New Plymouth next year, even though the local organiser is pulling out of the 2021 event.

The Taranaki Arts Festival Trust… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.An investigation by the Federation of Islamic Associations suggests the country's security agencies downplayed the threat of a possible terror attack in New Zealand and misinformed the country.

The… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Up to 60 overseas shearers will be allowed to enter the country between January and March to fill critical gaps in the local workforce.

Eric Frykberg has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The high kiwi dollar is not the country's biggest export problem.

Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Police are conducting an examination at the property of Auckland business woman, Elizabeth Zhong, whose body was found at the weekend after being reported missing.

Police are treating her death as a… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.It's started raining heavily again in Porirua - just a day after severe downpours caused chaos on Plimmerton's roads.

The Civil Defence say they're on clean up mode after yesterday's flash flooding.

12:12 PM.The news outlet Stuff has received a mixed response since making a public apology for its racist reporting of Māori issues over the past 160 years

Its editor, Mark Stevens, says the company's… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Federation of Islamic Associations releases its submission to the Royal Commission. The Catholic Church expresses regret over the historical abuse of people in its care. And Stuff issues an… Read more Audio