Midday Report

Midday sports News for 9 November 2022

Pakistan cricket coach Matthew Hayden is playing down his side's recent series win over the Black Caps, believing tonight's World Cup semi-final will probably come down to a single stand out performance.

Kiwis prop Jesse Bromwich has labelled World Cup organisers as disrespectful for having already booked their passage home ahead of this weekend's semi-final against Australia in Leeds.

BNZ has reported record profits of $1.4 billion for the year ended September, up 7 percent on a year ago. Power generator Manawa Energy has reported a strong first half profit boosted by the sale of TrustPower's retail business, amid an otherwise challenging year. Takeover target Pushpay Holdings has announced its profits have more than halved with slower than expected customer growth despite a lift in revenue.

The Pacific Islands are crying out for meaningful action and lots of money at the climate change conference in Egypt.

Developing countries have finally managed to get "loss and damage" onto the agenda at the talks it's long been opposed by the few that got rich off fossil fuels.

But the real outcome will be agreement on a framework for developed countries to commit to trillions of dollars of climate funding and transparency to make sure those countries actually give as much as they promise.

Fiji special advisor on Climate Change and Loss and Damage Daniel Lund spoke to Jimmy Ellingham from the conference in Sharm-El-Sheikh in Egypt

The Commerce Commission is getting the power to step in to stop petrol companies price gouging.

And, as low-lying island states demand forceful immediate action at the COP27 climate change conference, the government shifts the goalposts on introducing a biofuel mandate for fuel companies.

The energy and resources minister Megan Woods says that's because of worries extra costs would be passed to consumers.

Z Energy's chief executive Mike Bennetts spoke with Jimmy Ellingham

NIWA air quality researchers this morning launched a research project to track ventilation and assess how our most vulnerable communities could be better protected from Covid-19.

Improving air flow in indoor spaces is a key strategy to prevent transmission - but it's unclear if extensive messaging is changing behaviour.

The chief executive of Hāpai Te Hau-ora - Māori Public Health - Selah Hart, told me how important the project is to help keep communities together.

News from the rural farming sector

Midday sports News for Tuesday 8 November 2022 The Black Caps adapability is paying dividends at the T20 cricket world cup in Australia according to allround Mitchell Santner. New Zealand play Pakistan in their semi-final in Sydney tomorrow night, with India playing England in the other.

News from the business sector

People in the middle of mental health crises are spending longer than they should in hospitals because they have nowhere else to go.

North Shore Hospital says some of its emergency department patients are being stranded for days at a time.

The Health Minister Andrew Little says investments are being made into community care, and better health workforce planning.

Te Hiringa Mahara, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, monitors and assesses the sector.

Its director of mental health and addiction leadership Tanya Maloney told Jimmy Ellingham the staffing shortages puts backlogs on the services able to be provided.

The National and ACT parties are unimpressed the Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has been reappointed for a second term.

Opposition parties want an independent review of the central bank's performance and decisions during the pandemic.

The finance minister Grant Robertson is defending the decision, saying the economy needs "Continuity and stability".

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Jimmy Ellingham.