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Midday Report - Te Pūrongo o te Poutūtanga. RNZ National's midday current affairs programme, hosted by Guyon Espiner.

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  • September 29 · 19 min

    Midday Report Essentials for 30 September 2026

    A major and ground breaking challenge to New Zealand's climate change policies as a Dutch NGO lodges a complaint we've breached our trade agreement with the EU. If the government's books are improving what is the case for Barbara Edmonds to hold the purse strings? We'll ask her about the affordability of super and whether the soggy housing market will dampen returns from Labour's Capital Gains Tax Plus, the latest news from Australia with Amanda Copp.

  • September 29 · 3 min

    Latest from campaign trail with Giles Dexter

    National leader Christopher Luxon is out and about in Christchurch where he's just spoken to media. Political reporter Giles Dexter spoke to Guyon Espiner from the campaign trail.

  • September 29 · 6 min

    Labour's Barbara Edmonds discusses pre-election fiscal update

    The government opened the books yesterday and the numbers were a little better than had been forecast. For the election campaign that sets up a fiscal fight on several fronts, including whether Labour can meet its spending promises without putting the surplus at risk. Labour's Finance Spokeswoman Barbara Edmonds spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 29 · 8 min

    Dutch NGO accuses NZ of breaking climate change promises

    A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commission. Eliza Oldfield, a Senior Legal Researcher with the Environmental Law Initiative spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 28 · 21 min

    Midday Report Essentials for 29 September 2026

    Today: Opportunity lays out coalition bottom lines on the environment, economic competition and lobbying regulation ... What happened to the land tax and the universal basic income? Leader Qiulae Wong joined us. With diesel prices spiking and concerns about supply Transporting New Zealand says we should double our diesel reserves. We'll hear their plans for a fuel resilience fund and how to pay for it. And the strategic voting debate: Later in the hour Don Brash tells us why he thinks supporters

  • September 28 · 6 min

    Don Brash discusses strategic voting on the right

    The strategic voting debate is one of the interesting stories emerging in this election campaign, with some parties encouraging it, and others calling it "the opposite of clever." Don Brash, a former leader of both National and ACT, spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 28 · 5 min

    Freight association calls for more fuel reserves in NZ

    Diesel prices are surging again, with the average price up around $3.18 a litre - the highest point since May. Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is warning that continued volatility in the market highlights the need for more resilient fuel reserves here. Its spokesperson, Mark Stockdale spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 28 · 7 min

    Qiulae Wong reveals Opportunity's bottom lines

    The Opportunity Party has laid out its bottom lines for any post-election negotiations, as a new poll has it clutching the balance of power. Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 27 · 27 min

    MIdday Report Essentials for 28 September 2026

    Labour's opened its election campaign with a promise to wipe off ten percent of student loan debt ... Guyon Espiner heard from Victoria University Student Association President Aidan Donaghue. New Westpac data shows nearly half of us feel worse off than ten years ago: huge spikes for basics like butter and mince but communications clothing and cars show only modest rises: Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod joined Guyon to talk through the numbers. And we have a special series on what the p

  • September 27 · 12 min

    NZ and AI: Reuben Davidson on Labour’s tech policies

    Reuben Davidson is Labour's spokesperson for Economic Development, Science Technology. He spoke to Guyon Espiner about his biggest hopes and fears with artificial intelligence, and the role of government in regulating AI technology.

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