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Midday sports News for 13 October 2022 Australia netball captain Liz Watson believes a lack of recent play against New Zealand certainly played a part in their loss in the opening Constellation Cup game in Auckland. The defending champion Silver Ferns rode an 11-goal streak in the first quarter to score a 56-48 win.

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Māori advocates are outraged the Police Minister's suggesting law changes to allow officers to keep taking photos of people they deem suspicious, and it has set back promises of any transformational change in the justice system.

Chris Hipkins says the pendulum has swung too far in favour of privacy over surveillance and the police association has said that among "those who are found in 'suspicious circumstances', Māori are over-represented". 

A leading advocate for prison and justice reform, University of Auckland Professor Tracy McIntosh, told Māni Dunlop it sets back positive changes.

An alarming new report on the state of the marine environment shows the oceans are rising faster, becoming hotter, more acidic, dirtier, and that is all making it harder for taonga creatures to survive.

Māni Dunlop asked the oceans, fisheries, and environment minister David Parker whether we were doing enough to prevent the irreversible loss of marine ecosystems.

The Electricity Authority says New Zealand needs to increase generation capacity by 400-500 megawatts each year 'til 2050.

The Electricity Authority has released a consultation paper, laying out proposals to aid investment in renewable generation and to promote competition in the wholesale electricity market.

Power systems consultant Bryan Leyland spoke to Michael Cropp.

The decline in the housing market is continuing with no sign of the traditional Spring uptick.

September's Real Estate Institute's house price index, which measures the changing value of properties, shows a fall of 0.7 percent on August, with the annual decline steepening to 8.1 percent. 

The Institute's chief executive Jen Baird spoke to Michael Cropp.

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Midday sports News for 12 October 2022 Danny Hay is stepping down as All Whites coach, opting not to try and renew his contract which expires at the end of the month.

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