Midday Report for Wednesday 25 May 2022

12:46 PM.Hundreds continue to flow through Ōrākei marae in Tāmaki Makaurau to pay tribute to the late Joe Hawke.

He led the 506 day Takaparawhau Bastion Point occupation in the late '70s.

On this day 44… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The cost of renting keeps surging, with median rents for April hitting a record-breaking $580 a week. 

The latest figures from TradeMe shows tenants are now paying, on average, $40 a week more than… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.40 year old triathlete Andrea Hansen will compete at her fourth Commonwealth Games - and will do so for the first time as a mum. Audio

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

12:16 PM.In Tāmaki Makaurau, the police responded to seven firearms incidents overnight.

No injuries have been reported, but the message RNZ is hearing from people in Ōtara, Papatoetoe, Flat Bush, Papakura… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.In the US at least 18 children and three adults have been killed in a school shooting this morning in South Texas.

Robb Elementary School is in the city of Uvalde, about 130 kilometres west of San… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Another school shooting in the US, and seven drive by shootings in Auckland overnight leave neighbours in fear. Audio