Midday Report

A Tolaga Bay farming couple are still picking up the pieces after Cyclone Gabrielle. Mike and Bridget Parker say a year on from the cyclone and they're still clearing their land, with little help from authorities.

Monique Steele has the rural news.

The Black Caps have grabbed two early wickets in the first session of play on the opening day of the second cricket test against South Africa in Hamilton.

Stephen Hewson has sports.

The Shareholders Association says Fletcher Building has a credibility problem, which won't be solved with the resignation of its chief executive. 

Gyles Beckford has the business news.

A group representing more than 9000 doctors has written to the Prime Minister along with the health and Māori development ministers, urging them to change their mind on ditching planned smoking reforms.

The government is planning to repeal laws which would have gradually made it illegal to buy tobacco, along with other restrictions.

Health Coalition Aotearoa co-chair Dr Boyd Swinburn spoke to Charlotte Cook.

A 52-year-old woman has appeared in the Wellington District Court charged with the murder of an elderly woman in the suburb of Khandallah.

Helen Gregory was found dead in her home last month, police say she died of a "violent act".

Reporter Jemima Houston spoke to Charlotte Cook.

One of the most watched and highly anticipated sports games in history has just kicked off in Las Vegas.

The San Francisco 49ers are up against the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL Super Bowl.

The game is being shown in 190 countries, including here in Aotearoa. And if you're a Taylor Swift fan you'll know it's not all about the football.

US Embassy in Wellington deputy chief of mission David Gehrenbeck spoke to Charlotte Cook.

The United Nations, the European Union, the US, and Arab nations are warning Israel not to go ahead with a planned offensive on the southern city of Rafah, saying it will cause a humanitarian catastrophe.

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has also voiced concern, calling for civilians to be protected.

Some one-and-a-half million Palestinians, around 80 percent of Gaza's population, are sheltering in Rafah after fleeing Israeli bombardment in the north.

Save the Children says half of them are children.

Save the Children in New Zealand Advocacy Director Jacqui Southey spoke to Charlotte Cook.

Fonterra has lifted its farmgate forecast milk price for this season by 30 cents to a new mid-point of 7-dollars-80 a kilogram of milk solids.

Monique Steele has the rural news.

Erika Fairweather might be a new world champion, but Swimming New Zealand's Olympic Programme lead Gary Francis says it will be tough for her to win a medal at this year's Paris Games.

Stephen Hewson has sports.

Internal Affairs is taking the casino operator SkyCity to court in a civil case related to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act.

Gyles Beckford has the business news.