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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 21 · 7 min

    Foodstuffs NI boss responds to calls for its separation

    National wants to break up Foodstuffs, forcing its New World and Four Square brands to break from Pak'nSave to create a third player to drive down grocery prices through competition. Labour is also wanting to break up the duopoly. Chris Quin, chief executive of Foodstuffs North Island spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 18 · 24 min

    Midday Report Essentials for Friday 18 September 2026

    On today's episode with Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, The government's revealed its plan to shake up retirement village repayment rules. Both operators and residents are criticising the plan. Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka, and Di Sinclair from the Retirement Village residents Association join Midday Report. It's Friday so we wrap another big week in Politics with Paddy Gower.

  • September 18 · 11 min

    Tama Potaka discusses new retirement village law change

    The Government is overhauling retirement village rules to ensure residents and families get their money back faster when a unit is vacated. Currently those repayments are taking nine months to two years, with one case of a resident waiting three and a half years for payment. Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

  • September 17 · 6 min

    Kingi Rakete-Tane discusses Maori language week events

    Ko tenei te wiki o te reo Maori, it's Maori language week, and small Northland town of Kaikohe saw hundreds of people hikoi through the streets to celebrate it. Reo champion Kingi Rakete-Tane organised the event in Kaikohe and spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

  • September 17 · 6 min

    Brad Olsen discusses latest GDP figures

    The latest data on New Zealand's economic growth came out this morning. Brad Olsen, Principal Economist at Infometrics spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira.

  • September 16 · 3 min

    Midday sports news

    An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.

  • September 16 · 5 min

    Retail NZ responds to new wage freeze policy from ACT

    The ACT party is proposing a three-year freeze on the adult minimum wage, and a new 60 percent training wage for under-20s, saying small businesses need immediate relief from rising costs. Retail NZ Chief Executive, Carolyn Young spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 16 · 3 min

    Midday rural news

    An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

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