Midday Report for Thursday 14 September 2023

12:46 PM.Motorists in many parts of the country will be feeling the pinch with petrol prices creeping above three dollars a litre in some regions - and getting alarmingly close to that mark in others.

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12:42 PM.Several blocks in central Wellington are sill without water, hours after a pipe ruptured.

Wellington Water issued an alert just before eight o'clock this morning to say the outage affected Waring… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The $44 million given to remove silt and woody debris after Cyclone Gabrielle is starting to run low and crews working to remove it have been told to slow down. Silt recovery taskforce lead Darren de… Read more Audio

12:33 PM.One positive out of the Black Caps hiding from England in the third ODI at The Oval today was the performance of bowler Trent Boult. He took his sixth five-wicket bag in ODI's, a New Zealand record… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The pool of people looking for work is being fuelled by high migration levels with tourism a notable bright spot, but the hospitality, accounting and legal sectors are all struggling to fill gaps.

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12:10 PM.The National Party is refusing to release it's full tax policy modelling, which most economists are claiming will leave a half a billion dollar shortfall. 

Their concerns centre on the proposed… Read more Audio