Midday Report

An investigation continues into what could be one of the year's more mysterious disappearances. Four northern royal albatross eggs from a colony near Dunedin have gone missing without trace. But also without any obvious sign of predators at work - and Nobody can get in without a permit.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday sports News for Tuesday 15 November 2022 The Kiwi Ferns will play defending champions Australia for the Rugby League World Cup title after edging hosts England 20-6 in this morning's semi-final in York.

Midday sports News for [Date Month Year] The Kiwi Ferns will play defending champions Australia for the Rugby League World Cup title after edging hosts England 20-6 in this morning's semi-final in York.

News from the business sector

The country's so-called Road to Zero strategy is yet to to bring down transport deaths.

Waka Kotahi is proposing slower state highway speed limits, saying it's the best short-term solution to fatal road crashes.

Over the next four weeks, the transport agency will ask the public about a plan to reduce some 100 kilometre-an-hour zones to 80, or even 60.

Green Party transport spokesperson Julie Anne Genter told Charlotte Cook that even more roads needed slower speeds.

The police watchdog has found significant failings in the way officers deal with and investigate fraud complaints - leaving the public with little confidence they'll be taken seriously.

The Independent police conduct authority's chair Judge Colin Doherty told Charlotte Cook fraud cases were handled differently by individual officers in a single district; and many complaints were dismissed as 'civil' matters despite fraud being a criminal offence.

Frustrations are flaring one week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, over a lack of progress on climate goals.

Past pledges that have not been honoured include making steep cuts to emissions this decade and contributing hundreds-of-billions of dollars needed by developing nations already struggling to cope with climate disasters.

RNZ Pacific reporter Rachael Nath is following the summit from Auckland and spoke to Charlotte Cook about the pressure on government ministers to make meaningful progress this week, after last week's flaccid negotiations.

Women's refuge says the number of family harm incidents is increasing every year - with police being called out to one every three minutes.

The Police's annual report showed more than 175,000 family harm investigations over the past year, making up a considerable amount of the total work officers do.

The Chief Executive of Women's refuge Dr Ang Jury spoke with Charlotte Cook.

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