Midday Report for Friday 26 August 2022

12:45 PM.The government has announced just over 500 courses of a monkeypox medicine will arrive in the country late next month.

No vaccine has yet been secured.

The World Health Organisation says there have… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.The Toilet paper giant Essity has blocked its locked-out workers from making hardship withdrawals from their own retirement savings.

Pulp and Paper Workers Union Kawerau secretary Tane Phillips says… Read more Audio

12:22 PM.Midday sports News for 26 August 2022 Audio

12:19 PM.News from the business sector Audio

12:14 PM.Firefighters have gone on a one-hour strike again today -- in an ongoing dispute over working conditions including hours, staffing levels, and equipment.

A short time ago, the professional… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Worksafe says it's investigating after a gas explosion at a busy Auckland building site early this morning left five people in hospital.

The incident was reported around 0630 on Halsey Street in the… Read more Audio