Midday Report for Wednesday 9 December 2020

12:46 PM.The High Court has rebuffed a 2019 decision by the Thames Coromandel District Council to not sign a climate emergency declaration that has been signed by dozens of other local governments.

The court… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.Fire crews in Christchurch attended four separate fires on the Port Hills overnight - the same area which was scarred by 2000 hectares of damage in a major blaze in 2017.

The fires are being treated… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Otago University has postponed two graduation ceremonies planned for today because of a security threat.

RNZ's Dunedin reporter, TIm Brown, spoke to Māni Dunlop about the details. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The listed kiwifruit company Seeka has confirmed the sale and lease back of 100 hectares of orchard in Australia.

Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.A European Champions League football game has been called off after one of the match officials was accused of using a racial term towards one of the teams staff.

Felicity Reid has te pūrongo… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Utilities investor Infratil has flatly rejected a $5.4 billion takeover approach from a large Australian pension fund.

Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Contact tracing is expected to be faster when a Bluetooth update of the covid app comes into force tomorrow.

The Bluetooth function will create an anonymised record of all the people users have been… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque attacks has recommended the creation of a new offence under the Crimes Act, which would make it illegal to intentionally stir up hatred against racial… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Tears were shed this morning as iwi Ngati Awa led a dawn karakia in Whakatane this morning to commemorate one year since the Whakaari eruption.

And shortly about one hundred people will flow into the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.New Zealand marks the one year anniversary of the Whakaari eruption. Apologies abound following the Christchurch Mosque attacks. And Otago University has postponed two graduation ceremonies because of… Read more Audio