Midday Report for Wednesday 24 February 2021

12:46 PM.The Wellington mayor, Andy Foster, has surprised some city councillors this morning by announcing an independent review into council governance.

He says the public has lost confidence in them because… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Two-hundred jobs in Whakatane will be lost after news its paper mill is closing down.

Whakatane Mill says it has lost its biggest customer, a Swiss packaging company SIG Combibloc, and the business… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Last night the Swiss owner of the wood fibre mill, SIG, announced it would close the plant which employs more than 200 people in Whakatane.

Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua, Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Dame Noeline Taurua is still undecided about her starting centre in the Silver Ferns netball squad,

Sports reporter Barry Guy has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Power company Meridian Energy has posted a lower underlying half year profit as it announced a major new wind farm.

Business Editor, Gyles Beckford, has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Auckland University associate professor of… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Hundreds of Aucklanders have turned out to Covid-19 testing centres across the city - with more demand than anticipated at one in Ōtara town centre.

That station is a short drive from two new… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Health officials are attempting to lock down people, rather than the whole of Auckland, following the latest Covid-19 community cases announced last night.

Three members of a Papatoetoe High whānau… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Anxieties are raised in Auckland over Covid community cases and 200 jobs to be lost at Whakatane Mill.

Nicola Wright has mo ngā pitopito kōrero. Read more Audio