Midday Report for Monday 16 August 2021

12:46 PM.A pilot to turn around struggling schools through high-intensity audits by the Education Review Office has helped transform one southern school. Waiau Area School was plagued by dilapidated buildings… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Many in the war-experienced country are now trying to flee the insurgents. Security has fallen over at Kabul's main airport, where countless… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The Meat Industry Association says the Government's workplace vaccination initiative is moving too slowly and there's been no recognition of the high risk environment its 25,000 workers face. Last… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The former Wallabies number eight and Tonga rugby coach Toutai Kefu has been seriously injured in a home invasion in Brisbane in the early hours of this morning. Audio

12:18 PM.Some of New Zealand's Olympic champions are celebrating leaving managed isolation and being reunited with friends and whanau. RNZ's Kim Moodie speaks to Māni Dunlop from the the event at Christchurch… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Afghanistan's capital Kabul has fallen to the Taliban. There are grave fears for the safety of all people, including New Zealanders stuck in Afghanistan. Former Labour Party MP Chris Carter led the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Kabul falls to the Taliban. Fears it will reverse decades of human rights progress. Audio