Midday Report for Wednesday 6 March 2024

12:46 PM.If you have an xtra.co.nz email address, big and potentially expensive changes are coming.

Spark, which runs Xtra Mail, has announced it will increase the cost of the email service, citing… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.Another Women's Super-Rugby Aupiki team could be in hot water over their haka. 

The Wellington-based Hurricanes Poua performed an altered haka on Saturday which included the words "karetao o te… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.International attention is honing in on forestry practices over on the East Coast, with promises audits around harvest practices will improve. 

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.New Zealand sailor Erica Dawson is motivated to improve on her last Olympic experience after being named in the team for the games.

Barry Guy has sports. Read more Audio

12:21 PM.The Reserve Bank has not become cruisy or relaxed about inflation and continues to worry more about the upside risks from global volatility and unknowns such as shipping costs than the downside risks.

12:16 PM.The Minister of Corrections and Police denies that a coalition government plan to introduce military style academies is a crackdown on young offenders.

The first of the pilot boot camps should be… Read more Audio

12:10 PM.A former bootcamp inmate is warning the Government should be selective about who they choose for their youth military academies.

Wayne attended the Rangipo Prison Farm corrective training facility in… Read more Audio