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12:10 PM.Police have begun a scene examination at Loafers Lodge, the site of a deadly fire on Tuesday morning. They say debris is piled high and there will be a lot to move.They hope to start recovering bodies… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.Tomorrow is Budget Day and a big focus is likely to be on trying to ease the cost of living crisis for New Zealanders. The Auckland City Mission goes further - saying food security must be a critical… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.A major report on Waka Kotahi has found the transport agency hasn't been factoring in climate change and resilience in many of its roading projects. The report - commissioned by Waka Kotahi - found… Read more Audio

12:37 PM.News from the rural farming sector Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Midday Sports News for 17 May 2023. Inter Milan have reached the Champions League final for the first time in 13 years with a 3-nil aggregate win over fierce rivals AC Milan. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.News from the business sector Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The Government has outlined plans to make the building supplies market fairer, after a Commerce Commission study found a lack of competition in the sector. Building and Construction Minister Megan… Read more Audio

12:13 PM.Fire and Emergency are handing over the scene of the Loafers Lodge fire to Police today. Six people are known to have died in yesterday's fire, and an investigation into the cause of the fire… Read more Audio

12:47 PM.A woman is due to appear in Whangārei district court today charged with murdering two children in the Northland town of Ruakākā. The children were found dead at a property on Peter Snell Drive… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.As many as 10 people are dead after a fire broke out overnight at the Loafers Lodge hostel in Wellington. Emergency services were alerted to the fire at the 92 bed-hostel in Newtown just after… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Midday Sports News for 16 May 2023. Blues captain Dalton Papali'i will miss the rest of the Super Rugby Pacific regular season after being suspended for three weeks for a dangerous tackle. Audio

12:15 PM.Max Towle speaks with Brendan Nally, deputy national commander at Fire and Emergency. Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The death toll of a major fire in a Wellington hostel is still uncertain, as Police wait to access the building. Police say up to 10 people have died in the blaze that broke out at Loafers Lodge in… Read more Audio

12:46 PM.A report has found young people are facing increasing levels of distress, and declining mental health and wellbeing. Rangatahi told the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission they're worried about an… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.People who panicked and switched their Kiwisaver accounts during the pandemic faced significant losses when the market rebounded. That's in a new report that found $1.2 billion was moved into… Read more Audio

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

12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 15 May 2023 Canoe Sport New Zealand acknowledge they'll have to make some tough decisions ahead of next year's Olympics. Audio

12:19 PM.News from the business sector Read more Audio

12:13 PM.The government plans to build 300 new classrooms so children can learn in better conditions. The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and Education Minister Jan Tinetti told a room of pupils in Wellington… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Northland police are investigating the discovery of two bodies at a property in Ruakākā this morning. They were called to a property on Peter Snell Drive. RNZ reporter Lucy Xia spoke to Max Towle. Read more Audio

12:43 PM.A deal is getting closer on who will take over the two largest Ruapehu skifields.

Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, which ran the Whakapapa and Turoa skifields, went into voluntary administration in October… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 12 May 2023  Read more Audio