Top Stories for Friday 27 January 2023

Top stories for 27 January 2023 Tairawhiti residents say the death of a 12-year-old at a Gisborne beach strewn with wood debris could have been prevented. Free range egg farmers are fielding hundreds of calls as New Zealanders struggle to get their hands on eggs. The number of people overdue for elective surgery has grown by thousands. Heavy rain warnings have been issued for Northland and Auckland, ahead of Anniversary weekend And we talk to National's Melissa Lee about the TVNZ/RNZ Merger