Midday Report for Friday 11 December 2020

12:45 PM.To Murihiku/Southland now, where a dusting of snow has raised the wild prospect of a white Christmas.

Temperatures dropped across much of the south -- just in time for the weekend.

Metservice… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The New Zealand cricketers have already lost a wicket on the first day of the second Test against the West Indies in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

The Black Caps won the first match by an innings and 134 runs… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Hopes the thousands of tonnes of toxic waste stored in Mataura would be removed this year are now gone.

Mediation has been ongoing between the parties involved, and in a minute issued a short time… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The Australian government is ramping up efforts to try and entice New Zealanders to help pick their crops.

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

12:28 PM.The Black Caps chase a series cleansweep against the West Indies.

Stephen Hewson has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The manufacturing sector activity has risen to its best level in four months.

Gyles Beckford has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The New Zealand Initiative says anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim comments in a blog written by one of its staff members are abhorrent and is seeking legal advice about what to do next.

Nathan Smith, who… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Northland is experiencing heavy traffic, as trucks transport 1200 containers from a ship berthed at Northport to Auckland.

The ship's cargo is having to travel to Auckland by road because an upgrade… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Northland is experiencing heavy traffic, with a large operation to unload a cargo ship at Northport and transport 1200 containers to Auckland getting underway this morning.

The ship was diverted from… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The University of Otago abandons another graduation ceremony, hundreds of trucks move Christmas goods from Northport to Auckland, and aA prominent think tank is linked to racist and anti-semitic… Read more Audio