Midday Report for Monday 24 May 2021

12:46 PM.The creation of an aged-care commissioner in the Government's Budget is being welcomed by those wanting systemic change in the way our older people are cared for. Grey Power is among those… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.Women in Auckland will have early access to a new cervical cancer self-screening test before it's funded nationally in two years. The screening allows women to test themselves for the cancer-causing… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Synlait announced this morning it expects to make a loss of between 20 and 30 million dollars - compared with last year's 75 million dollar profit. Audio

12:28 PM.Phil Mickelson defeats 'father time' to become the oldest golfer to win a major. Audio

12:20 PM.Synlait milk sinks into the red. Audio

12:19 PM.An investigation is underway at a Northland dairy farm where two men were found dead after a shooting this morning. Officers were called to the scene in Awarua, south of Kaikohe, just after seven… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.Violent waves continue to batter the Coromandel coast - flooding roads and damaging coastline structures over the past 24 hours. Civil Defence Coromandel's area manager Garry Towler says there… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Samoa's constitutional crisis deepens today. Max Towle discusses the situation in Samoa with Auckland University's associate professor of Pacific Studies, Damon Salesa. Audio

12:10 PM.A constitutional crisis continues to spiral in Samoa. The party which won a majority at last month's election, the FAST party, has been trying to get parliament to sit today, so they could be sworn… Read more Audio