Midday Report

Midday News Update for Friday 29 April 2022

Olympic gold medallist Dame Lisa Carrington will represent New Zealand at the canoeing world champs.

She edged out her rival, defending world champ Aimee Fisher in the final race of their duel.

The pair raced off in the third and deciding race on Lake Karapiro in breezy and choppy conditions this morning, with Carrington winning the decider by half a boat length.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Canoeing New Zealand's Nathan Luce.

The fed-up Bromley ratepayers are kicking up a stink of their own as councillors are briefed on Christchurch's smelliest suburb and it's wastewater plant.

People have been in tears and tensions are at breaking point over the situation.

RNZ reporter Niva Chittock spoke to Māni Dunlop about the briefing.

News from the rural and farming sector with Kim Moodie.

Midday Sport update for Thursday 28 April 202 with Leonard Powell.

News from the business sector, including a market report, with Nicholas Pointon.

Every year more than a thousand New Zealand cancer patients can't get drugs that are readily available across the Tasman.

The report by the Cancer Control Agency, Te Aho o te Kahu, was aimed at measuring the gap that patient groups have been fighting to close for years.

Heidi MacRae was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer last September.

Since then she's had to self-fund Keytruda - and while that's not a drug that's funded in Australia, she knows how it feels to not have the life-saving drugs you need available.

She spoke to Māni Dunlop.

The government is to spend $1.4 billion on infrastructure in a bid to boost housing stock across five Auckland suburbs.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Housing Minister Megan Woods who said the funding wouldl enable up to 16,000 homes to be built over the next five to 16 years.

Midday News for Thursday 28 April 2022

Bayden Barber - a Hastings District Councillor - has unseated long time chair of iwi - Ngāti Kahungunu.

Ngahiwi Tomoana has held the seat for 26 years - and after a campaign by opposition Barber.

In a statement Mr Tomoana says e pari te tai, e timu te tai, e ngunguru nei te moana, kua huri te tai! - meaning The time and tide waits for no man, and the tide has turned. 

He said he would support the new chair.

Māni Dunlop spoke to Bayden Barber.