Midday Report for Friday 2 February 2024

12:47 PM.The race is on to find New Zealand's Miss World contender.

Aotearoa is on a unusually fast paced audition plan to find an unmarried, childless woman aged between 16 and 27 to send for an all-expenses… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Emergency department doctors say a lack of properly trained security staff over summer hindered rather than helped in the waiting rooms.

Hospital ED's received just under $6 million from the… Read more Audio

12:38 PM.Māori kiwifruit growers, which has 42 growers mostly around Bay of Plenty, sent three containers of fruit to Hawaii and this year they're planning to send 16 as they plan to ramp up their exports.

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12:31 PM.The Black Caps will go into Sunday's first test against South Africa with a specialist spinner in Mitchell Santner.

Stephen Hewson has sports. Read more Audio

12:25 PM.The national grid operator Transpower wants to see greater investment in flexible, fast starting generation to cope with peaking demand. 

Gyles Beckford has the business news. Read more Audio

12:22 PM.Iwi leaders have met with Government representatives wanting more clarity on how ACT's Treaty Principles Bill might progress through parliament.

The prime minister and other members of his cabinet… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick is running for the Co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

It was largely expected she would go for the position after James Shaw resigned earlier in… Read more Audio