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Midday Report for Thursday 21 March 2024
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NZ drops place in happiest countries list
12:46 PM.The UN's official report is out on the world's happiest countries, and New Zealand has slipped down on the list to number 11. New Zealand only cracked the top ten for those aged 60 and older. Finland… Read more Audio
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Investigation reveals foreign spy operating out of NZ
12:45 PM.A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of New Zealand's main spy agency for years without the government knowing.
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has revealed this in an… Read more Audio
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Midday Rural News for 21 March 2024
12:35 PM.Drought has been declared in Canterbury and Otago.
Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay made the announcement this morning alongside $70,000 dollars of funding for several Rural Support Trusts across… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 21 March 2024
12:28 PM.New Zealand has been drawn to play hosts France in both the men's and women's football tournaments at this year's Paris Olympics.
Barry Guy has sports. Read more Audio
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Midday Business News for 21 March 2024
12:19 PM.Weak consumer spending and wholesale trade have driven the economy back into recession.
Stats NZ data shows gross domestic product - the broad measure of economic growth - fell 0.1 percent in the… Read more Audio
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Commerce Commission report should push Govt into increasing bank competition say critics of sector
12:17 PM.Critics of the banking sector say the strongly worded Commerce Commission report should push the government into forcing open banking and increased competition.
It has released an interim report on… Read more Audio
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NZ slipped into recession in final quarter of 2023 GDP figures show
12:11 PM.New GDP figures say Aotearoa slipped into a recession in the final quarter of last year.
Stats NZ says gross domestic product, the broad measure of economic growth, fell 0.1 percent in the three… Read more Audio