Midday Report for Friday 9 February 2024

12:45 PM.A blue card is set to be trialled in football, which would see players sent to a sin-bin for 10 minutes for cynical play or dissent towards match officials.

Top tier leagues will be excluded from the… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.New Zealand's space industry has received another boost into orbit with the opening of the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre at Kaitorete, south of Christchurch, today.

Tāwhaki already hosts domestic… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Alliance is busy pushing lamb, beef and venison into China - just in time for Chinese New Year celebrations, which kick off later this month. 

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The New Zealand Breakers desperately need a win over the Illawarra Hawks tonight as the battle for NBL playoff places intensifies.

Bridget Tunnicliffe has sports. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.The pace of merger and acquisition activity may pick up this year after a larger than expected number of deals failed to make it over the finish line last year.  

Gyles Beckford has the business… Read more Audio

12:16 PM.Firefighters in Wellington may have to use sea water, and are bringing water tankers into the region as a precaution, should water shortages worsen.

Fire and Emergency is planning for the possibility… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.There's been a development in the homicide investigation into the death of an elderly Wellington woman.

A team of police has this morning been combing a landfill in Porirua, north of the city… Read more Audio