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News from the rural farming sector

New Zealand Cricket maintains the decision to sign with Spark Sport and stream home games hasn't back fired. NZC signed a six year deal with Spark in 2019 - but Spark is dropping its sports streaming service from July.

New Zealand Cricket maintains the decision to sign with Spark Sport and stream home games hasn't back fired. NZC signed a six year deal with Spark in 2019 - but Spark is dropping its sports streaming service from July.

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The woman in charge of a 1.59 million dollar Covid-19 vaccination campaign quit after an investigation into conflicts of interest. Colleagues of the woman say their concerns were repeatedly ignored and led to one writing an open letter they left lying around the office. RNZ In Depth reporter Anusha Bradley spoke to Charlotte Cook.

The streaming service is set to close, and its remaining content rights - worth more than 50-million dollars - will go to TVNZ.

It wasn't the most ideal outcome but Moroccan and Arab fans around the world are still behind the team who put up a good fight against the France side in the FIFA world cup semi-final this morning.

Morocco became the first African side and the first Arab nation to ever play in a semi-final losing two-nil to France.

Māni Dunlop spoke to supporter Mohammed Bitar who was watching the match among fans in Auckland

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown committed several treaty breaches on the Kāpiti Coast - including the origins of the town of Waikanae.

The 992 page report released just now is the latest volume in the Tribunal's ongoing Porirua ki Manawatū inquiry.

It found Te Ātiawa/Ngāti Awa are largely landless because of heavy-handed and dubious purchasing schemes, and the Crown's failure to abide by promises.

RNZ's Māori news director Jamie Tahana has been reading the report and spoke with Māni Dunlop.

News from the rural farming sector Wineries around the country operate cellar doors to offer tastings and sell wine but for the last two years many have been quiet due to the border closures. Some even had to close down. Farmers wanting to send cattle to slaughter could be waiting up to a month for free space at meat processing plants.

Midday sports News for 15 December 2022 Kane Williamson is stepping down as New Zealand test cricket captain after six years and has been replaced by Tim Southee. France will take on Argentina in the Football World Cup final after beating Morocco 2-nil in their semi-final in Qatar to stay on course for a successful title defence and end the fairytale run of the north Africans.