Nicola Wright
Midday News for 24 August 2021
The Pacific community struck hard by Delta. The Finance Minister says the economy's poised to bounce back. Audio
Midday News for 23 August 2021
A lockdown decision looms... And the Crowne Plaza - a managed isolation hotel - is under investigation. Audio
Midday News for 20 August 2021
Health sources confirm to RNZ the Delta strain has reached Wellington. We discuss what that means with epidemiologist Michael Baker. And former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Michael Cullen has died. Audio
Midday News for 19 August 2021
Sky City casino says more than 12-hundred people were there when a Covid-positve case visited. As the outbreak source remains a mystery, we're told to hunker down. And concerns not everyone will get… Audio
Midday News for 18 August 2021
Aotearoa is in lockdown. As cases grow to 5, confirmation it's the more transmissible delta variant. Audio
Midday News for 17 August 2021
Terror in Kabul as the Taliban takeover. Nurses and DHBs begin pay equity negotiations. Audio
Midday News for 16 August 2021
Kabul falls to the Taliban. Fears it will reverse decades of human rights progress. Audio
Midday News for 13 August 2021
Middle Earth is moving abroad - We speak to the Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash, and the Film Commission. And the government dismisses calls for a stand-alone Covid agency. Audio
Midday News for 12 August 2021
A new normal for international travel? We'll take a look at the changes coming to the border, and the vaccine rollout. Audio
Midday News for 11 August 2021
Meridian Energy struggled to cancel pre-planned shutdowns. Is a 100-percent vaccination rate needed for quarantine-free international travel? Audio
Midday News for 10 August 2021
Power cuts leave the Energy Minister demanding answers. And the UN gives a stark climate warning. Audio
Midday News for 9 August 2021
Snow and ice after a bitterly cold southerly and were Tauranga port workers exposed to Covid-19 on a container ship? Audio
Midday News for 6 August 2021
Stamping out inequality essential for health reforms. Joe Biden addresses the Pacific nations. Audio
Midday News for 5 August 2021
More frontline police want to carry guns. Youth voting advocates appeal a High Court decision. Audio
Midday News for 4 August 2021
Wages are up, unemployment is down. And the issue with unattainable First Home Grants in a commodified housing market Audio
Midday News for 3 August 2021
Taking aim at unsustainable house prices. Wild weather strikes the country. Audio
Midday News for 2 August 2021
Patients requiring urgent overseas treatment unable to get back home. Governments blamed for failing on the right to shelter. Audio
Midday News for 30 July 2021
The country's first mass vaccine event gets underway. The Health Minister tries to dissuade a nurses strike.
Nicola Wright has the news. Audio
Midday News for 29 July 2021
Confirmation we're paying too much for groceries. Calls for an investigation after a child is housed in a hospital ward.
Nicola Wright has the news. Audio
Midday News for 28 July 2021
Demand for Covid vaccines runs hot as the general rollout begins. And the All Blacks sign petrochemical firm Ineos as a sponsor.
Nicola Wright has the news. Audio