Midday Report for Friday 27 October 2023

12:46 PM.It's fair to say the sausage roll has had its fair share of attention in the past few months - thanks to outgoing Prime Minister Chris Hipkins.

On Friday, the country's best sausage roll has been… Read more Audio

12:39 PM.UN aid agencies say they have begun to significantly reduce their operations in the Gaza Strip because fuel supplies are almost dry.

Twelve more aid trucks have crossed into Gaza but no fuel is… Read more Audio

12:32 PM.Parts of the south were left looking like a winter wonderland Friday morning - after a light dumping of snow overnight.

Bruce Eade who farms in Tapanui just north of Gore says he woke to a sprinkling… Read more Audio

12:23 PM.All Blacks coach Ian Foster says everything that has happened over the last few years is now irrelevant as they prepare to take on South Africa in Sunday morning's World Cup final.

Stephen Hewson has… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Consumers believe the economy is improving, but still expect a rise in house price inflation.

Anan Zaki has the business news. Read more Audio

12:15 PM.There are concerns a vacant Dunedin boarding house that was destroyed by fire Friday morning may have been used by homeless people.

The Fire Service was alerted to the blaze at the house in Phillips… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Various government agencies remain tight-lipped over the death of a baby in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita.

Two-year-old Ruthless-Empire Ahipene Wall's death is being treated as a homicide after a… Read more Audio