Midday Report for Wednesday 3 March 2021

12:46 PM.The Principals Federation is disappointed by the reaction to its call for members to defy a directive that forces them to enrol students kicked out of other schools for violence.

Speaking to RNZ this… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The government is still under fire for not reaching all communities with its Covid-19 messaging.

More than a quarter of residents in Tāmaki Makaurau identify with an Asian ethnicity - the largest… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Farmers, dairy analysts and other industry players were shocked this morning when they woke to find there had been a huge 15 percent lift in prices at the global auction overnight.

Rural reporter… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Rugby World Cup organisers are defending their decision to delay the 2021 event.

Sports Editor, Stephen Hewson, has te pūrongo hakinakina. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.A large rise in the global diary market overnight has taken the market by surprise.

Andrew McRae has te pūrongo pakihi. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.The Māori Party co-leader, Rawiri Waititi, says Brian and Hannah Tamaki fleeing Auckland's lockdown for Rotorua sets a bad example.

At a church service in Rotorua on Sunday, the couple admitted… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Unite union says increasing the amount workers get paid if they're ordered to self-isolate won't make any difference to whether staff actually receive a payment.

The National Party is proposing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The chair of the Women's Rugby World Cup organising committee says the risk of the tournament being adversely affected by the Covid pandemic was simply too high to hold the event this year.

The World… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The Women's Rugby World Cup is postponed, National proposes paying isolating workers in full.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio