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12:58 PM.International basketball players have intensified their calls for Brittney Griner's release from Russian prison, on the 100th day of her detention.

Griner was in Russia to play during the off-season… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.New research has found there is not enough rain and river water in Canterbury to dilute nitrate pollution to acceptable drinking water standards. 

Environment Canterbury's science director Dr Tim… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The heavy rain Aucklanders experienced this morning is moving on, now heading east to some of the already waterlogged parts of the country.

There are Severe Weather Warnings in place for, Northland… Read more Audio

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

12:26 PM.New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has continued his great form on the Champions Tour, winning the PGA Championship, one of the majors on the senior tour. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:16 PM.China is trying to woo Pacific Island countries into signing a new multilateral deal that would have massive consequences for the region.

Foreign minister Wang Yi has been island-hopping, meeting… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.After being confronted with chants of 'Do Something' on a visit to a grieving city in Texas, the US president Joe Biden has vowed he will.

He's been in Uvalde to grieve with some of the families of… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.US President Joe Biden is confronted by grieving crowds in Texas. China ramps up its Pacific presence Audio

12:45 PM.Hapū in Kaikohe have come together to lead a hikoi through the town centre calling for peace amid rising gang violence.

Tensions between the Killer Bees and Tribesmen have spilled to the Far North.

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12:42 PM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has secured a meeting with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington next week.

The meeting will be the pinnacle of her trip to the US… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.The cull has continued in the White Ferns with two more players from the World Cup squad left off the New Zealand Cricket's national contract list. Barry Guy reports. Audio

12:25 PM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

12:17 PM.The Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown will take part in scheduled talks with China's foreign minister Wang Yi this week.

China's foreign minister is currently touring the Pacific as Beijing… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Second booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine will soon be available for those most at risk of getting very sick from an infection.

The Response Minister Chris Hipkins says several hundred thousand… Read more Audio