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12:40 PM.An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team. Audio

12:35 PM.The latest news from the United States with our correspondent Laura Taglianetti. Audio

12:24 PM.The latest news from RNZ's business team. Audio

12:19 PM.South Island iwi powerhouse Ngai Tahu is heading north for a rare appearance at Waitangi Commemorations this year. Ngai Tahu says it is responding to calls from the late Maori King for kotahitangi or… Read more Audio

12:09 PM.The government says it will make it cheaper and easier for young people to get their driver's licence in the first major changes to the driver licensing system in 15 years. Transport Minister Chris… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.New Zealand is in talks with the US about the supply of rare and critical minerals, as Donald Trump seeks to reduce America's reliance on China for materials it sees as pivotal for tech innovation and… Read more Audio

12:51 PM.An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team. Audio

12:39 PM.Forget Spotify Wrapped: the real verdicts are coming in for best song, best album and best new artist of the year. The 68th Grammy Awards are underway right now in what is dubbed the biggest night in… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team. Audio

12:32 PM.The latest news from Australia with Nine News political reporter Amanda Copp in Canberra. Audio

12:22 PM.The latest news from RNZ's business team. Audio

12:18 PM.The recovery operation to move the Black Cat Cruises catamaran which is beached in Akaroa is underway today. Andy Thompson is the Department of Conservation operations manager for the Mahaanui… Read more Audio

12:08 PM.New Zealand is in talks with the US about the supply of rare and critical minerals, as Donald Trump seeks to reduce America's reliance on China for materials it sees as pivotal for tech innovation and… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Will Labour rescue National from its scrap with New Zealand First and support the Free Trade Agreement with India? We talk to Labour's trade man Damien O'Connor; Thanks Donald but no thanks ... New… Read more Audio

1:40 PM.Midday Rural News for 30 January 2025. Audio

12:53 PM.An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team. Audio

12:40 PM.Country music is in the midst of a renaissance. Audio

12:32 PM.Paddy Gower joined Guyon Espiner to talk politics as election year gets underway. Audio

12:24 PM.Midday Business News for 30 January 2025. Audio

12:19 PM.New Zealand has declined the invitation to join Donald Trump's Board of Peace. Audio

12:09 PM.The Free Trade Agreement with India has National at loggerheads with its coalition partner New Zealand First, which is opposing the agreement, claiming it could lead to 20,000 Indians coming into New… Read more Audio

1:45 PM.Winston Peters has intensified his attack on his own government's Free Trade Agreement with India claiming up to 20,000 Indians will be able to come into the country and the agreement will result in… Read more Audio

12:54 PM.An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team. Audio

12:44 PM.One of the world's top thinkers and writers Steven Pinker is visiting New Zealand and is holding an event in Auckland on Monday. His new book is: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. It explores… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.The latest from the United States with correspondent Laura Taglianetti in New York. Audio