Midday Report for Wednesday 5 May 2021

12:46 PM.The National Party wants a vote of no-confidence in the speaker, Trevor Mallard. This follows unruly scenes last night when the speaker used the legal protections of Parliament to defend himself… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.New Zealand's cricketers have made the call to exit the IPL en masse after the tournament was suspended indefinitely overnight. Several positive Covid-19 cases across franchises over the last couple… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The market is thirsty for Marlborough wine - but low grape yields mean demand is outstripping supply. Audio

12:28 PM.Cricket officials in New Zealand and India are working as fast as they can to get New Zealand players and support staff there for the Indian Premier League out of the Covid-ravaged country. Audio

12:19 PM.The Reserve Bank continues to warn about the strength of house prices and how vulnerable households are to either a drop in prices or rise in interest rates. Audio

12:17 PM.The decision by Samoa's head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts. It was supposed to break the month-long political stalemate that's now spiralling into a legal… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A 4-year-old boy who went missing in rural East Cape yesterday afternoon has been found alive. Hundreds of search and rescue volunteers were involved in the search. RNZ reporter Amy Williams talks to… Read more Audio