Midday Report

Devastating earthquakes have killed thousands of people in Türkiye and Syria.

Otago University's chair of earthquake sciences Mark Stirling spoke to Max Towle about the quakes, geology, and vulnerabilities.

News from the rural farming sector.

One of Britain's biggest football clubs hasn't been behaving well. The Premier League has referred Manchester City to an independent commission over more than 100 alleged breaches of financial reporting rules.

News from the business sector.

As Aucklanders continue to muck in after the floods, the city's mayor Wayne Brown says he'll be taking the lead on the Big Fix Up.

Emergency managers say more than 270 buildings have been red stickered; 15-hundred yellow; and more still are damaged.

Wayne Brown says his Big Fix Up will focus on improving the city's resilience and adapting to climate change.

The Fono's chief financial officer Jennifer Tupou spoke to Max Towle about how people were coping, and what resilience really meant.

The death toll in Türkiye and Syria from massive earthquakes continues to soar.

The confirmed number is swiftly approaching 4000 and rescuers are still sifting through the endless rubble.

Freezing winter weather is adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors. 

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Turkiye's border with Syria in the early hours of the morning, and later on a 7.5 quake compounded the damage.

An advocate for Auckland's Turkish community Ayla Yenidogan spoke to Max Towle.

We go to Waitangi now where Iwi-chairs and senior ministers have been meeting today at Paihia in the Bay of Islands.

The prime minister Chris Hipkins has just been updating media on their discussions.

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson is there, and spoke to Max Towle.

International outrage is growing after Fifa announced that Saudi Arabia's tourism authority would be a major sponsor of the Women's World Cup - co-hosted by Aotearoa from July.

The sponsorship came as a shock to a disappointed NZ Football, which wasn't consulted.

Fifa is yet to publicly respond.

Women experience discrimination in everyday life in Saudi Arabia, which has a poor record when it comes to its treatment of LGBT communities, and on human rights.

Former Football Fern, Rebecca Sowden, founded women's sport consultancy Team Heroine. 

She spoke to Max Towle.

News from the rural farming sector

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