Midday Report for Wednesday 26 October 2022

12:47 PM.The PNG Government has confirmed that at least 29 people have died after clashes on the Island of Kiriwina in the Trobriand archipelago.

Reports suggest it was a conflict between two groups after a… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.On the 9th of December almost three years ago, seven pilots took matters into their own hands to rescue people from the erupting Whakaari Island.

47 people were on the island that day, 22 of them… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.A new survey of students at the co-located Shirley Boys' and Avonside Girls' schools show many are being sexually harassed and assaulted.

Fewer than half the boys took part in the survey, but of… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Green Party human rights and foreign affairs spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman is questioning whether Iran used a New Zealand couple as a pawn to stop the government speaking out on its human rights… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.A New Zealand couple held in Iran have escaped the country safe and well after being stuck there for months.

Topher Richwhite and his wife Bridget Thackwray had been unable to leave the Middle… Read more Audio