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Midday Report for Friday 6 May 2022
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Oligarch's luxury superyacht seized in Fiji
12:48 PM.The US government is now in control of a Russian oligarch's $466 million dollar luxury yacht, anchored in Fiji.
Fijian police seized the 106 metre vessel - Armadea - yesterday at the request of the… Read more Audio
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Meteor shower to coincide with planetary alignment
12:46 PM.Early on Sunday morning a meteor shower will be visible, along with the glow of four distant planets which will be in alignment.
Mani Dunlop got the details on where and when to view the Eta… Read more Audio
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Bay of Plenty councillor says he's abused for moko
12:40 PM.A Bay of Plenty regional councillor says he is being racially abused relentlessly for wearing moko mataora - a Māori facial tattoo.
Stacey Te Pohue Rose, who received the ta moko in January, spoke to… Read more Audio
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True Covid-19 death toll could be three times higher than recorded
12:15 PM.Nearly 15 million people around the world are believed to have died either directly, or indirectly, from Covid-19 - an estimate that's nearly triple the official death toll.
That figure from the… Read more Audio
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Electric shock leaves construction worker seriously injured
12:11 PM.A construction worker was seriously injured by an electrical shock on George Street in central Dunedin this morning.
The street is currently undergoing upgrades with contractors carrying out work in… Read more Audio
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