Midday Report

News from the business sector for 5 August 2022

Fog in Auckland is disrupting flights in and out of the city again today. 

Air New Zealand says 23 regional, turboprop, flights have been canceled so far today... but its domestic and international jet services have not been affected. 

It was also causing trouble for ferry services. 

Lewis Ferris from MetService told Charlotte Cook about how long it was sticking around.

About 80 people in Levin are still out of their homes today, as the police continue to negotiate with a man involved in a self-harm-related incident.

Bledisloe Street residents have told RNZ there may have been a bomb threat but this has not been confirmed by police.

The mayor Bernie Wanden declined to talk until police can de-escalate the situation.

RNZ reporter Jimmy Ellingham was at the scene and spoke to Charlotte Cook.

NASA has just released spectacular new images taken from the James Webb telescope of a "cartwheel galaxy" which is almost 500-millon-light-years away.

New Zealand is disappointed powerful countries are spending hundreds-of-billions of dollars on nuclear new-clear weapons ... saying they're ignoring key international treaties to get rid of their stockpiles.

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Paul Coll struggled to articulate what it means to capture Commonwealth Games gold - but the Greymouth squash star says it's probably his biggest career achievement.

News from the business sector for 4 August 2022

A golden jump ... New Zealand's Hamish Kerr secured the top spot in the High Jump at his first Commonwealth Games on Thursday morning. 

The 25-year-old athlete, described himself as the kid that never grew up and just loves jumping.

Hamish Kerr won the gold after a tight finish with Australian rival Brandon Starc.

Charlotte Cook spoke to him before he went to celebrate.

Builders broadly agree with the Commerce Commission's findings that law changes are needed to fix a lack of competition.

In the past year, StatsNZ said the cost of construction materials have gone up by nearly one-fifth

The Commission looked at three key building supplies - concrete, plasterboard and structural timber.

The draft findings published today said supply was too concentrated, and was too hard to introduce new or alternative products to the market. 

The Registered Master Builders Association chief executive David Kelly spoke to Charlotte Cook.