Midday Report for Thursday 4 August 2022

12:51 PM.NASA has just released spectacular new images taken from the James Webb telescope of a "cartwheel galaxy" which is almost 500-millon-light-years away. Audio

12:40 PM.New Zealand is disappointed powerful countries are spending hundreds-of-billions of dollars on nuclear new-clear weapons ... saying they're ignoring key international treaties to get rid of their… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.News from the rural farming sector for 4 August 2022 Read more Audio

12:18 PM.News from the business sector for 4 August 2022 Read more Audio

12:18 PM.Midday sports News for 4 August 2022.

Paul Coll struggled to articulate what it means to capture Commonwealth Games gold - but the Greymouth squash star says it's probably his biggest career… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.A golden jump ... New Zealand's Hamish Kerr secured the top spot in the High Jump at his first Commonwealth Games on Thursday morning. 

The 25-year-old athlete, described himself as the kid that… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.Builders broadly agree with the Commerce Commission's findings that law changes are needed to fix a lack of competition.

In the past year, StatsNZ said the cost of construction materials have gone up… Read more Audio