Midday Report for Monday 1 November 2021

12:45 PM.A record-breaking electric flight touched down in Wellington this morning.

The 2-seater took the longest ever pure electric flight over water, flying from Omaka near Blenheim, across Cook Strait, to… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Doctors and advocacy groups are pushing for better podiatry services as more than 600 amputations every year are thought to be preventable.

Major factors are - unsurprisingly - access to health… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

12:26 PM.The Black Caps spinner Ish Sodhi says the players were "feeling the pressure" ahead of this morning's T20 World Cup clash against India, which New Zealand won by eight wickets to keep their semi-final… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:17 PM.To New Zealand's covid outbreak now, where the number of mystery infections over the past fortnight has reached 384.

Daily case numbers remain above 100: 143 were announced yesterday, and 160 on… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The group - Lawyers for Climate Action - says it has a major issue with how the Government calculates its emissions goals.

Max Towle speaks to the group's spokesperson James Every-Palmer QC who… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Idyllic Pacific countries are at the forefront of catastrophic climate change yet their voices, like their low-lying islands, are at risk of being drowned out.

Just four Pacific nations' leaders are… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A young Maori climate activist has told those at the opening of the massive UN summit that colonialism is to blame for much of the damage the changing climate will bring. Most Pacific leaders can't… Read more Audio