Midday Report

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.

News from the rural farming sector

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.

News from the business sector

Kiwirail has geotechnical engineers on-site today to investigate subsidence on a section of the Western rail line near New Lynn station in Auckland.

Passenger trains are running at a reduced timetable, and only a single track will be operational as a precaution from today, and there's no time frame for a fix yet.

Passengers heading West, towards Swanson, will have to transfer at New Lynn Auckland Transport says it is working closely with KiwiRail to minimise disruption.

 Kiwirail's Chief Operating Officer - Capital Projects & Asset Development - David Gordon spoke to Michael Cropp.

Climate activists who caused significant delays during Wellington's morning rush hour today plan to continue their disruptive protests, until the Government responds to their call to restore passenger rail.

Traffic was backed up as far as Tawa - about 15km away - on the southbound lane of the capital's motorway, after six protestors stepped onto the road near the Terrace Tunnel and unfurled a banner around 0730.

They also passed out flyers to the stuck motorists, saying the protesters were "sincerely sorry" for the disruption, but climate change cannot be ignored.

The police removed the protestors and traffic was flowing freely again by 9 o'clock.

It's the third day of protest action by the Restore Passenger Rail campaigners, and its spokesperson Michael Apathy told Michael Cropp the campaigners feel like they have no choice but to take such drastic action.

Hackers have posted stolen patient information on the dark web.

The names, addresses and other personal information of up to 450,000 people was stolen in the cyber-attack on Pinnacle Midlands Health about a fortnight ago.

It's believed the hack was a ransom attack, with data only released when the victims refused to pay.

Computer security consultant Adam Boileau joins Charlotte Cook on Midday Report to explain.

The Government's proposed a farm-level emissions pricing scheme to be introduced from 2025, which will have farmers paying for methane and carbon dioxide emissions.

Professor of physics at Canterbury University David Frame told Charlotte Cook he welcomed the recognition that there is a real difference between the two gasses and that methane doesn't belong in the ETS.

News from the rural farming sector.

Midday Sports News for Tuesday 11 October 2022. Veteran Black Caps opener Martin Guptill has fallen out of favour with the selectors with Finn Allen their preferred opener ahead of this month's T20 World Cup.