Midday Report for Tuesday 2 November 2021

12:46 PM.Auckland scientists have had to throw out crucial cancer research samples due the length of the city's lockdown.

Experts can't understand why labs aren't included in the Government's latest easing of… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The US Supreme Court has today been hearing arguments relating to a controversial law - that imposes an all but total ban on abortion in the state.

It's being challenged by the US justice department… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A survey of dairy farmers has found nearly a third are feeling less positive than they were 12 months ago. Audio

12:28 PM.The All Blacks are in Rome, but also keeping a close eye on the Melbourne Cup. Audio

12:20 PM.The Reserve Bank sees a cooling in the housing market. Audio

12:17 PM.Christchurch's main wastewater treatment plant fire has just been put out, nearly a day after a blaze began.

Up to 50 firefighters were fighting the blaze at its peak yesterday afternoon, when black… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The Minister for Māori Development is backing the 90 percent double vaccination DHB milestone, saying it could take until at least the middle of 2022 to get Māori up to that level. 

Willie Jackson… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Southern District Health Board has been investigating just how big a risk Covid-19 is to the community.

The latest outbreak hasn't yet spread to the south - touch wood - but worst-case modelling… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Christchurch's wastewater treatment plant continues to burn. The Southern DHB prepares the worst case Covid scenario. Audio