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12:29 PM.Midday sports News for 23 August 2022 Manchester United's Dutch manager Erik ten Hag has earned his first win in football's English Premier League - a 2-1 derby win over Liverpool at Old Trafford… Read more Audio

12:21 PM.News from the business sector for 23 August 2022. The retirement village operator Summerset's headline profits have fallen on reduced property value gains, however, stripping out the one-offs its… Read more Audio

12:18 PM.Mana whenua have been urging visitors to respect tikanga and maintain a peaceful protest.

At the last parliamentary occupation Taranaki Whānui laid down Te Kahu o Te Raukura - a cloak of aroha and… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.An anti-fascist protest is calling for peace in Wellington, as a so-called freedom protest marches through the city to Parliament.

RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook was with the anti-fascist protesters and… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.On the grounds outside Parliament, a so-called freedom protest is underway.

It's being opposed by the counter-protest of an anti fascist movement. 

RNZ Wellington reporter Hamish Cardwell spoke to… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The Labour Party caucus has expelled Dr Gaurav Sharma.

He calls himself a whistleblower; but the party's leaders paint him as a rogue.

RNZ political reporter Katie Scotcher spoke to Māni Dunlop… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News for 23 August 2022 Audio

12:42 PM.Just 40-percent of children regularly attend school, and it turns out most of us don't rate the issue as important.

"Regular attendance" means missing one or fewer days of school each fortnight.

And… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural farming sector Audio

12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 22 August 2022 Jack Goodhue's horror run with injury has continued, with the midfielder needing surgery again. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector Audio

12:15 PM.Oranga Tamariki has acknowledged its failings for the abuse and harm caused to children in its care, saying it did not always protect them.

However the evidence was met with disappointment by a… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The pricetag for cleaning up and repairing damage from flooding and slips across Te Tauihu o Te Waka-a-Māui - the top of the South Island - is yet to be known, but the government will discuss… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Midday News for 22 August 2022 Audio

12:50 PM.Vanuatu's president has taken the extraordinary step of dissolving the country's parliament - on the advice of a prime minister who was almost certain to lose a no confidence vote today.

It's only… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.After two years of being online the annual celebration of Kiingi Tūheiteia Potatau Te Wherowhero te tuawhitu's coronation is back at Turangawaewae marae with thousands excited to return to commemorate… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.Paid firefighters took to the streets this morning demanding safer working conditions, better staffing and resources to protect their crews and the community after they hit an impasse in negotiations.

12:35 PM.News from the rural farming sector for 19 August 2022 Audio

12:27 PM.Midday sports News for 19 August 2022 The British boxing star Anthony Joshua says it would mean "nothing" to him to regain his heavyweight titles this weekend. Audio

12:22 PM.News from the business sector for 19 August 2022 Audio

12:18 PM.A red severe rain warning is still in force for Nelson; and there are several other rain warnings throughout the country.

Niwa meteorologist Chris Brandolino spoke to Māni Dunlop about the forecast… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The Nelson-Tasman region has a huge clean-up job ahead - there are countless slips, more than 400 homes have been evacuated, and some areas are still flooded. 

Nelson's mayor Rachel Reese spoke to… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Nelson residents are pitching in - helping neighbours, digging mud and silt, and checking the land for instability.

The council has a huge job on its hands -- more than 400 homes have been evacuated… Read more Audio

12:50 PM.Iwi leader and climate change iwi chairs forum co chair, Mike Smith, has faced off against some of New Zealand's biggest climate polluters in the Supreme Court this week. Mr Smith is suing fossil fuel… Read more Audio