Midday Report for Thursday 27 October 2022

12:53 PM.A contingent of 10 police officers has arrived on a remote Island in Papua New Guinea - the scene of intense violence this week.

Clashes happened Monday after a dispute over a football match a month… Read more Audio

12:47 PM.Cruise ships are back, visiting ports around the country bringing with them more covid.

Health NZ is refusing to say if there are Covid-19 cases on the cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse currently docked… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.National population growth is predicted to slow to less than 1 percent each year for the next decade.

But what growth remains will be highest in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty.

And… Read more Audio

12:19 PM.Metservice has issued several severe weather warnings the first of which comes into force this evening.

Metservice says Aotearoa is heading into an unsettled period of weather with heavy rain kicking… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.Thousands of community nurses are striking again over their employers' inability to deliver pay parity after a year of failed negotiations.

Primary Health Care and Plunket nurses have the same… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.A New Zealand couple who were held in Iran for four months are extremely relieved to be free.

Iranian authorities stopped Topher Richwhite and Bridget Thackwray from leaving the country for four… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.The Prime Minister's electorate office in Morningside was attacked overnight.

Police are still at the scene investigating what happened, and say a 57-year-old woman has been arrested in relation to… Read more Audio