Midday Report for Wednesday 17 February 2021

12:45 PM.The Ministry of Health research has revealed the people who are female, have a lower income, or less education are the least likely to take up a Covid-19 vaccine.

The Horizon Research and The… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Two students at Papatoetoe High School in Auckland have tested positive for Covid-19.

The first is a close contact of a member of the South Auckland family that tested positive for the virus during… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The latest rise in global dairy prices injects huge confidence into dairy farmer budgets.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Novak Djokovic claims the majority of players don't want to continue with the tennis season if strict quarantines are required.

Brenton Vannisselroy has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.A strong housing market, the gains of restructuring and cost controls have delivered a strong profit for the country's biggest construction company.

Kim Savage has business. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.New Zealand troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by May this year. Defence Force personnel have served in the country for 20 years, making it the longest running deployment in Aotearoa's history… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and her Australian counterpart, Scott Morrison, are continuing to discuss the case of a New-Zealand-born dual national detained by Turkey as a terror suspect.

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12:11 PM.The Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins, has just announced there are two new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Both are students at Papatoetoe High School - one is a close contact of the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.New Zealand withdraws troops from Afghanistan. Tensions rise between Australia and New Zealand over a terror suspect detained in Turkey, and Aotearoa awaits news of an alert level change.

Nicola… Read more Audio