Midday Report for Thursday 13 August 2020

12:46 PM.Testing of Mt Albert Grammar students is underway after a pupil became the latest confirmed case of Covid-19 in the community.

The student is the latest member of a South Auckland family outside of… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.The Auckland cold store company Americold NZ has confirmed three more employees have the Covid-19 virus.

There are now four members off staff from the Mt Wellington store with the virus.

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12:35 PM.The Government has rebuffed requests for greengrocers to be exempt from the Level Three lockdown in Auckland.

Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Joseph Parker's promoter unveils a plan for a New Zealand fight.

Barry Guy has sport. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.The stock exchange has a bumper first half.

Gyles Beckford has business. Read more Audio

12:18 PM.With Auckland under alert level 3 lockdown, the North has effectively been cut off from the rest of the country.

Police say people in Northland are unable to drive through the Auckland checkpoints… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The demand for testing remains high in the Auckland region.

Māni Dunlop.spoke to RNZ reporter, Jordan Bond, who visited a pop-up testing centre in Warkworth, about the wait to get a swab. 
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12:10 PM.There's been huge demand for Covid-19 testing in communities with strong links to South Auckland.

GPs in Porirua have been flooded with requests for tests, while in Hamilton there were queues at… Read more Audio

12:00 PM.Demand for Covid-19 testing is surging in communities with links to South Auckland; Rotorua's Mayor says the city is on tenterhooks.

Nicola Wright has the news. Read more Audio