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Midday Report

Midday Report - Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga. RNZ"s midday current affairs programme, including RNZ News, business, rural and sports news, plus the long-range weather forecast and Worldwatch. Presented by Charlotte Cook.

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00:04:20

Deputy mayor on Auckland Transport shake-up

Midday Report ·

2025/09/05

The government has stripped Auckland Transport of most of its power in a shake-up designed to improve how people get around New Zealand's largest city. Deputy Mayor of Auckland Desley Simpson spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:32:50

Morning Report Essentials for Friday 5th September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

In today's episode, Defence Minister Judith Collins says New Zealand's support for Ukraine remains "steadfast"; The Health Minister has written to Health New Zealand and the senior doctors' union calling on them to urgently enter binding arbitration; Rising meat prices are changing how people shop and eat; We preview the weekend's sport with our Sports Panel; We cross the Tasman to get the latest from Kerry-Anne Walsh.

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00:15:53

Midday Report Essentials for Thursday 4th September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

In today's episode, Workers at the Eves Valley Sawmill in Tasman will learn if they have jobs at a company meeting on Thursday afternoon; A planned law change will mean people who've been living in New Zealand for up to 20 years could be deported for serious crimes; All but one council around Aotearoa New Zealand have submitted their water delivery service plan to the government under Local Water Done Well; A big Christmas gift is coming for Aucklanders with homeware giant IKEA opening its

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00:01:48

Ikea to open Auckland store early December

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

A big Christmas gift is coming for Aucklanders with homeware giant IKEA opening its doors in December. Ikea Australia and New Zealand Expansion manager Fabian Winterbine spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:04:05

Majority of councils submit water plans to government

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

All but one council around Aotearoa New Zealand have submitted their water delivery service plan to the government under Local Water Done Well. Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:06:49

Midday Rural News for 4 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

Midday Rural News for 4 September 2025.

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00:02:07

Midday Sports News for 4 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

Midday Sports News for 4 September 2025.

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00:07:21

Midday Business News for 4 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

Midday Business News for 4 September 2025.

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00:03:36

People living in NZ for up to 20 years could be...

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

A planned law change will mean people who've been living in New Zealand for up to 20 years could be deported for serious crimes. Political reporter Russell Palmer spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:04:58

Eves Valley Sawmill workers to learn fate at meeting

Midday Report ·

2025/09/04

Workers at the Eves Valley Sawmill in Tasman will learn if they have jobs at a company meeting on Thursday afternoon. Tasman Mayor Tim King spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:15:06

Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 3rd September...

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

In today's episode, the government is making a U-turn and abandoning the controversial cost-saving changes for carers among a raft of changes for the disability sector; The New Zealand-born leader of an Australian Neo Nazi group is expected to appear in an Australian court; Australian researchers analysed more than 1800 posts that used popular alcohol tags over seven years, and found only two percent of them contained anti-brand sentiments, or showed negative consequences of alcohol

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00:02:19

Southern lights visible in South Island

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

A strong solar coronal mass ejection has delighted stargazers in the south. Astronomer and director of the Otago Museum Ian Griffin spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:03:22

Social media inundated with positive alcohol messages

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

Australian researchers analysed more than 1800 posts that used popular alcohol tags over seven years, and found only two percent of them contained anti-brand sentiments, or showed negative consequences of alcohol consumption. Deakin University Associate Professor in the School of Health and Social Development Matthew Dunn spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:06:35

Midday Rural News for 3 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

Midday Rural News for 3 September 2025

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00:02:07

Midday Sports News for 3 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

The Pulse have signed former Silver Fern captain Ameliaranne Ekenasio for next year's ANZ Premiership.

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00:08:04

Midday Business News for 3 September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

Midday Business News for 3 September 2025

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00:03:53

NZ born Australian Neo-Nazi to appear in Australian...

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

The New Zealand-born leader of an Australian Neo Nazi group is expected to appear in an Australian court. Author and researcher of far-right book Fear, Byron Clark, spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:04:18

Govt announces changes to disability sector

Midday Report ·

2025/09/03

The government is making a U-turn and abandoning the controversial cost-saving changes for carers among a raft of changes for the disability sector. CCS Disability Action chief executive Mel Smith spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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00:15:53

Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 2nd September 2025

Midday Report ·

2025/09/02

In today's episode, the global tech giant Amazon says it is finally launching its much-hyped Auckland data centres, four years after first announcing the plan; The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has conceded the country's foreign buyers ban was making the country unattractive to foreign investors; More than 30,000 midwives, nurses and health care assistants have walked off the job on Tuesday, in what is the first of two full-day strikes happening right around Aotearoa this week;

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00:02:54

Thousands attend Koroneihana at Turangawaewae Marae

Midday Report ·

2025/09/02

Thousands of mourners have arrived at Turangawaewae Marae for the beginning of Koroneihana, the celebration the coronation of the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. Reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira spoke to Charlotte Cook.

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