Midday Report for Thursday 9 December 2021

12:46 PM.The Director-General of Health is in front of the Waitangi Tribunal today - where the urgent hearing into the Government's Covid-19 response continues.

Claimants so far have described the Government… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.The government intends to ban cigarette sales as part of its Smokefree 2025 plan.

It's hoped to become law by late next year -- with a transition period to make smoked tobacco products less appealing… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Parliament's Primary Production Select Committee has been hearing submissions on the Government's plan to ban livestock exports by sea in 2023. Audio

12:28 PM.England seek redemption on day two of the Ashes. Audio

12:20 PM.Ebos makes a billion dollar takeover move. Audio

12:17 PM.Sugar that was recalled from supermarkets in early November due to low levels of lead contamination, mistakenly made its way back onto shelves in the North Island.

People who may have bought these… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.The contact-tracing system missed most of its targets over the first two months of the Delta outbreak.

That's according to an interim report released by the Ministry of Health.

Ideally, at least 80… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Young New Zealanders will never be able to legally buy cigarettes.

That is a cornerstone of the latest Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 action plan, launched by the government this morning.

RNZ's deputy… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.The next step towards a smokefree generation. A botch-up returned recalled sugar to supermarket shelves. Audio