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Midday Report for Friday 18 December 2020
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America's Cup racing underway in Tāmaki Makaurau
12:47 PM.The America's Cup yachts will be back out on the water this afternoon on the second day of the Christmas race regatta in Tāmaki Makaurau's Waitemata Harbour.
RNZ's sports reporter, Felicity Reid, is… Read more Audio
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Ngāti Awa disappointed with water bottling decision
12:45 PM.Ngāti Awa says it is disappointed it has lost its appeal to stop Creswell New Zealand Limited from taking a billion litres of water a year from the Awaiti Aquifer near Whakatāne. The Chinese company… Read more Audio
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First review into adventure tourism sector released
12:43 PM.A tourism leader says WorkSafe has taken its eye off the ball by not providing enough oversight of the adventure activities sector.
Today the first review findings in the wake of the Whakaari… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 18 December 2020
12:35 PM.More than a 100 skilled overseas farm machinery operators have now been through managed isolation and are out on farm doing time-critical summer work.
Maja Burry has mo nga kōrero e pa ana ki te… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 18 December 2020
12:28 PM.The Black Caps are ready for a stern T20 test from Pakistan's cricketers.
Bridget Tunnicliffe has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 18 December 2020
12:20 PM.Consumer confidence returns to pre-covid levels.
Emma Hatton has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio
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Millane killer appeal rejected, but name suppression remains
12:18 PM.The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has had his bid to overturn his conviction and sentence rejected by the Court of Appeal.
However, he still cannot be named, after his last-ditch… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Yasa destroys homes, causes flooding on Fiji's Vanua Levu
12:15 PM.There's been massive damage to houses, churches, crops, power lines and also flooding on the Fijian island of Vanua Levu, where Cyclone Yasa tore through last night.
Journalist, Lusi Banuve, is in… Read more Audio
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Report finds failings in Government Covid-19 response
12:12 PM.The Government is pumping an extra $2.8 billion into its Covid-19 response, following today's release of a critical report, which identified multiple failings with its testing strategy.
It will also… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 18 December 2020
12:00 PM.A critical report on the Government's response to Covid 19 lays out a number of failings with New Zealand's testing strategy. The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has lost a bid to… Read more Audio