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Emissions Reduction Plan released
12:11 PM.The government has finally unveiled Aotearoa's plan to tackle emissions - with a large price tag attached.
Transport and energy feature heavily, including a large investment into helping low and… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 16 May 2022
12:00 PM.Aotearoa's long-awaited, first nation-wide strategy to slash emissions has been released. The government will decide later this year if it will make legislative changes to enable congestion charging.
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Mozambique suffering "invisible crisis" - UNHCR
12:54 PM.Mozambique is facing an "invisible crisis".
The UN Refugee Agency is raising the alarm over the desperate situation in the southern African nation.
Fighting in the north against an Islamist… Read more Audio
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Bromley residents to take council to task over smell
12:45 PM.Frustrated Bromley residents will today get the chance to take councillors and council staff to task over the putrid stench emanating from the damaged Christchurch wastewater treatment plant.
The… Read more Audio
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Labour's Tauranga candidate sad Māori Party copping abuse
12:42 PM.The Māori Party will not stand a candidate in the Tauranga by-election calling the city a hot spot for hate speech.
The Labour Party candidate for Tauranga Jan Tinetti told Māni Dunlop she was… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 13 May 2022
12:26 PM.Highlanders assistant coach Clarke Dermody is confident they can knock over any team in Super Rugby and he's bullish about their chances in the playoffs, if they make it. Audio
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Covid cases in Auckland trend upward
12:16 PM.Covid cases in Auckland have jumped by 50 per cent in just a few weeks - something which experts say could be a warning to the rest of the country.
On Thursday 3888 were reported in Auckland alone.
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Te Pāti Māori not standing candidate in Tauranga due to white supremacy threat
12:13 PM.Te Pāti Māori won't be standing a candidate in the Tauranga by-election because of the threat from white supremacists.
Next month's election is to fill the seat left by National's former leader Simon… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 13 May 2022
12:00 PM.Te Pati Maori won't stand in Tauranga - calling it a hot spot of white supremacy. And Covid-19 infections climb in Auckland. Audio
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Anti-waste organisation takes aim at takeaway trash
12:45 PM.Anti-waste organisation Takeaway Throwaways will deliver a petition to Parliament today asking for a ban on single-use containers for takeaways and to invest in reusable containers, cups and cutlery.
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Government prepares to welcome foreign students back
12:43 PM.The government has backed down on plans to stop primary schools enrolling foreign students.
The announcement in Auckland today is part of plans to rebuild the $5 billion/year international education… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 12 May 2022
12:26 PM.Brendon McCullum will take his own style into the England coaching job at a time when they need to have things changed. Audio
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Law-breaking rangatahi need more help and support - not punishment - for rehabilitation
12:18 PM.The solution to stop young people creating headlines with so-called ram raids is not tougher punishment, according to the office of the children's commissioner. It says that risks perpetuating the… Read more Audio
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Health Minister responds to 'flabbergasting' nurses visa decision
12:12 PM.Nurses are flabbergasted they are excluded from a new fast track pathway for residency.
Highly skilled workers including doctors, scientists and engineers will be able to apply for residency within… Read more Audio
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Midday News for 12 May 2022
12:00 PM.Both the major political parties have committed to the country's first three emissions budgets.
A special Parliamentary debate on the budgets - which set a lid on the amount of greenhouse gases New… Read more Audio
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Gondola proposed for Auckland harbour crossing
12:46 PM.A gondola has been proposed as a solution for the second Waitematā Harbour crossing in Auckland.
Engineering company Doppelmayr has a vision for "ropeways" to play a role in New Zealand's multi-modal… Read more Audio
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Govt considers removing permanent exotic forestry from ETS, Māori landowners mull legal action
12:42 PM.Māori landowners are mulling legal action in an effort to stop proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme, which would see plantation forests no longer eligible for carbon credits.
That's due… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 11 May 2022
12:28 PM.Crusaders coach Scott Robertson says a Nations Championship is essential. Rugby bosses are meeting in Dublin to discuss an alignment between the northern and southern hemispheres again after the idea… Read more Audio
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AA customers' data stolen by hackers
12:17 PM.The names, addresses, contact details and expired credit card numbers of thousands of AA customers have been taken by hackers.
The details were taken from the AA traveller website in August… Read more Audio
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Immigration lawyer on visa processing speeds
12:11 PM.RNZ understands the full border re-opening could be as soon as late July.
The government will be announcing the official date in about an hour - and it's expected to be months earlier than the… Read more Audio