Midday Report for Monday 6 November 2023

12:46 PM.An investigation into possible animal cruelty is being launched after more than a dozen birds were found coated in a glue-like substance near the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Lower Hutt.

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12:42 PM.Almost 2,000 workers at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's manufacturing site in Auckland have voted to take industrial action and are picketing outside the factory.

They say the company is refusing to… Read more Audio

12:35 PM. Lamb prices have dropped to levels not seen for six years taking more than 20 percent off sheep farmers' incomes.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:28 PM.New Zealand tennis player Erin Routliffe's winning run at the WTA Finals in Mexico has come to an end.

Bridgette Tunnicliffe has sports. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Westpac New Zealand's full year profit fell 18 percent, as it felt the effects of rising interest rates, high inflation, higher costs and bad debts.

Anan Zaki has the business news. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Almost six months after the fatal Loafers Lodge fire in Wellington, Fire and Emergency has yet to conclude its review of how it responded.

It says the independent review has been delayed.

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12:11 PM.New Zealand First will hold their first caucus meeting on Monday which could push talks to form a government up a gear.

National and ACT had the barest majority on election night but the picture… Read more Audio