Midday Report for Tuesday 3 October 2023

12:45 PM.Wellington City Council is estimating an extra $70 million to $147 million will be needed to go towards strengthening and redeveloping the city's Town Hall which has been closed for 10 years.

This… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Investigations are continuing into the cause of the cryptosporidium outbreak in Queenstown, but Te Whatu Ora is warning the source may never be known.

Queenstown remains under a boil water notice… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Asparagus growers, in the two key growing regions of Waikato and Horowhenua, are on tenterhooks with temperatures predicted to plunge overnight.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:29 PM.The All Blacks won't be easing off the intensity as they prepare for their last World Cup pool match against Uruguay.

The team to play Uruguay will be named tonight with captain Sam Cane and prop… Read more Audio

12:19 PM.Business sentiment is slightly less downbeat, but is still faces a gloomy outlook in the year ahead.

The Institute of Economic Research's September quarter business survey shows a net 53-percent of… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.The stoush over Weet-Bix has finally been resolved with Sanitarium agreeing to resume supply to The Warehouse. 

Last week the manufacturer said it would stop sending stock to the retailer due to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.National is promising longer after-birth hospital stays for mothers, and free glucose monitors for children with type-1 diabetes, if elected. 

The party's leader Christopher Luxon announced the… Read more Audio