Midday Report for Thursday 7 December 2023

12:48 PM.A search is underway on a remote beach in Southland for a tag which fell off a great white shark.

The shark was being monitored by Australian fisheries researchers who've enlisted the help of a Bluff… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.New Zealand has been added to the official list of countries supporting a pledge to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030.

It was one of only a few OECD countries missing from… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Dairy co-operative Fonterra has raised its forecast farmgate milk price for this season  - thanks to stronger demand for dairy.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:27 PM.2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu of Britain will return to the ASB Classic as a wildcard.

Barry Guy has sports. Read more Audio

12:23 PM.Fonterra says a strong first quarter has helped to strengthen its balance sheet and put it in position to pursue fresh opportunities. 

Anan Zaki has the business news. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Fighting has intensified in Gaza as the Israeli army continues to push into the city of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced people have been sheltering.

In one of his strongest moves… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The Foreign Minister Winston Peters is set to ask Parliament to call on all those involved in the Gaza conflict to "take urgent steps towards establishing a ceasefire".

Peters will also move that MPs… Read more Audio