Midday Report for Tuesday 28 March 2023

12:46 PM.A disconnect between the council and the chair of the West Coast regional council has been cited as one of the reasons he was voted out of office by his colleagues this morning. Allan Birchfield had… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.A disinformation expert says the cancellation of two co-governance meetings in Auckland reflects how politically divided the country is becoming. Both an anti and pro co-governance group had booked… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 28 March 2023 Black caps coach Gary Stead would like a repeat of what he saw in Saturday's opening 198-run win over Sri Lanka, in today's second ODI in Christchurch. Audio

12:19 PM.News from the business sector Audio

12:16 PM.The Green Party co-leader, Marama Davidson, has expressed regret to the Prime Minister for blaming one race for violence, clarifying violence happens in every community and overwhelmingly men are more… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Armed police are in a stand-off with a man in Stratford after a shooting last night.

The man failed to pull over his car when requested, and then fired at police.

He's since fled to a property where… Read more Audio