Midday Report for Wednesday 7 February 2024

12:54 PM.This week marks the one year anniversary of the catastrophic Turkey and Syria earthquake and aid agencies warn its impacts are being felt more than ever.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southeast… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Jade, one of about 12,000 New Zealand sealions listed as nationally vulnerable, travelled 60 kilometres from the coast up the fast flowing Clutha River to give birth.

DOC rangers have been to check… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Public Health experts are calling for a comprehensive, all-encompassing review of the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle, almost a year on from New Zealand's costliest storm on record.

The estimated cost… Read more Audio

12:38 PM.A large fire in Waipara on Tuesday got close to vineyards, but there haven't been any reports of vines being lost.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:25 PM.South Africa are struggling as they chase an imposing 529 to win the first cricket test at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

Stephen Hewson has sports. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Unemployment edged higher to 4 percent at the end of last year, while the surge in migration increased the size of the workforce.

Gyles Beckford has the business news. Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Iwi leader Mike Smith has won the right to sue seven big emitters for their role in causing climate change, in a Supreme Court ruling delivered Wednesday morning.

The climate activist, of Ngāpuhi and… Read more Audio