Midday Report for Friday 27 May 2022

12:45 PM.Hapū in Kaikohe have come together to lead a hikoi through the town centre calling for peace amid rising gang violence.

Tensions between the Killer Bees and Tribesmen have spilled to the Far North.

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12:42 PM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has secured a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington next week.

The meeting will be the pinnacle of her trip to the US… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.The cull has continued in the White Ferns with two more players from the World Cup squad left off the New Zealand Cricket's national contract list. Barry Guy reports. Audio

12:25 PM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

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

12:17 PM.The Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown will take part in scheduled talks with China's foreign minister Wang Yi this week.

China's foreign minister is currently touring the Pacific as Beijing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Second booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available for those most at risk of getting very sick from an infection.

The Response Minister Chris Hipkins says several hundred thousand… Read more Audio