Midday Report for Monday 18 October 2021

12:52 PM.Countries in the western Pacific have been hit hard by the pandemic, despite largely being able to keep widespread transmission at bay.

Yet according to a report by World Vision, the economic impact… Read more Audio

12:47 PM.Voting for the Bird of the Year opens today -- but the competition's more controversial than usual.

Feathers went flying a few weeks ago when it was suggested a bat (a mammal, not a bird) would be… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.New Zealand is committing $1.3 billion over four years to support countries most vulnerable to climate change - at least half of that money will go to the Pacific.

The announcement comes ahead of the… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Growers have been told to think of innovative ways to fix the labour shortage. Audio

12:28 PM.Pace versus spin - which will win out in the t20 world cup? Audio

12:17 PM.The Government's considering the next steps in its pandemic response, including replacing alert levels with a so-called traffic light system once vaccination rates a certain level.

Ministers will… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Government's considering the next steps in its pandemic response, including replacing alert levels with a so-called traffic light system once vaccination rates a certain level.

But Māori leaders… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.The rising price of food, housing and construction are pushing up the rate of inflation, to 4.9 percent year on year.

But there are concerns many people's wages are not keeping up with those rising… Read more Audio