Midday Report for Wednesday 26 January 2022

12:46 PM.Auckland Transport is beefing up security on its public transport services, following a spate of attacks on bus drivers.

It says Transport Officers will now be onboard buses on busy routes, and some… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The government's touting the success of a families package scheme, saying it helped more than half of all families with children in its first year.

Introduced in 2018, the Families Package boosted… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.French tennis player Alize Cornet is having second thoughts about hanging up her racquet. Audio

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

12:17 PM.The doctor accused of torturing children at Lake Alice psychiatric hospital in the 1970s has died.

Selwyn Leeks was 92 years old.

Dr Leeks was accused of using electric shocks and paralysing drugs… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government's newly tightened rules for mask use under the 'red' traffic light setting has advocates concerned it will put added pressure on those already struggling in Aotearoa.

They say for… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is appearing before the High Court in Auckland trying to get out of jail.

Tamaki has been in remand at Mt Eden Prison in Auckland for breaching lockdown rules in… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Brian Tamaki supporters gather outside prison while court hears his appeal, and advocates are concerned Omicron restrictions could push those in poverty to the brink. Audio