Midday Report for Thursday 4 November 2021

12:45 PM.Police officers in small communities aren't adequately prepared for the role and lack support.

That's the finding of an Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) review, which issued 41… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.When is a special really a special?

Consumer NZ is urging shoppers to pay attention to so-called special prices because (at risk of over-using the word here) some specials really are not that… Read more Audio

12:26 PM.An exhausted Black Caps opener Martin Guptill admits they've still got plenty of work to do to qualify for T20 World Cup semi-finals. Audio

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

12:18 PM.To Tairāwhiti, the East Coast now, where wild weather's downed trees, closed roads, and filled rivers right to the brim.

Metservice has issued an orange warning for heavy rain in Gisborne and Hawke's… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.A damning report has found punitive prison practices breach women's rights, and exacerbate cycles of violence, discrimination, and abuse.

And that limits the possibility that a jail sentence can be… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.A Māngere family home was shot at 20 times overnight in an apparent gang shooting, and the police say the family inside were lucky to escape serious injury or death.

There were children in the… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.A family with young children are lucky to be alive after 20 bullets were fired at their house last night in a case of mistaken identity. The offenders are still on the loose. Novavax has applied for… Read more Audio