Midday Report for Thursday 29 February 2024

12:44 PM.Thursday is leap day, and for an Upper Hutt couple it will forever take on special meaning.

In line with old tradition, Dawn Duthie proposed to her partner Raymond on leap day four years ago.

And… Read more Audio

12:43 PM.Thousands of people are pouring into the Due Drop Events centre in Manukau for the funeral of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins.

The 49-year-old Green Party MP and former Auckland mayoral candidate collapsed… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle last February severely affected four of T&G's orchards and flooded some of its facilities.

It has just reported a net loss after tax of $64.2 million for the year to December; a… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.The Black Caps won the toss and not surprisingly decided to bowl - perhaps more surprising was that play got underway on time.

Stephen Hewson has sports. Read more Audio

12:19 PM.Channel Infrastructure, the former Marsden Point Refinery, has doubled its full-year profit, with its transition to a fuel storage terminal from oil processor almost complete.

Anan Zaki has the… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.A leap year software glitch is being blamed for causing payment outages at petrol stations across the country.

Fuel provider Allied Petroleum and Gull say they are aware of nationwide technical… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The son of a missing tramper in dense Tararua Ranges says he trusted his intuition and separated from Search and Rescue finding his dad less than an hour later.

Seventy-two-year-old Brent Harrison… Read more Audio