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12:00 PM.A $100m dollar plan to tackle mental health and plans to cut food waste and emissions. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Pharmac is making it easier for vulnerable babies, to receive a preventative treatment for respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, this winter.

Last year, a surge in cases of the potentially fatal virus… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.New Zealand's first Emissions Reduction Plan to drive the economy in a cleaner direction has been unveiled.

The scheme comes with nearly $3 billion for climate initiatives over four years - most of… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sector, including Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor on the just-released Emissions Reduction Plan. Audio

12:28 PM.The report into the culture at Cycling NZ is expected to be critical of their high performance environment. Audio

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for 16 May 2022. Audio

12:18 PM.Thousands of health professionals are on strike today, demanding better pay and conditions for their work.

The 10,000 allied, public health, scientific and technical workers are members of the public… Read more Audio

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for 13 May 2022 Audio

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.

… Read more Audio

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

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

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.

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

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

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for Thursday 12 May Audio

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

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

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