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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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  • Tuesday · 5 min

    Ira Spitzer live from US as polls close for midterm election

    Polls are now starting to close for midterm elections in the United States. Republicans have been fighting hard to keep their majority in Congress, but with President Trump's popularity at all time lows, there are expectations that the Democrats could take back both the Senate and House of Representatives. US correspondent Ira Spitzer spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • Tuesday · 1 min

    Update from scene of incident involving students near Te Papa

    Fire and Emergency services are attending an incident involving a bus and an unknown substance in Wellington's Cable Street near Te Papa Museum. School children have been gathered near a cordon at the scene as emergency services responded shortly after ten o'clock this morning. Reporter Anya Fielding spoke to Guyon Espiner from the scene.

  • Tuesday · 7 min

    Sharon Zolner discusses rise in unemployment

    Unemployment is up for the third time in a row: rising to 5.7 percent today. For people aged 15 to 24 years, over 14 percent who are not in employment, education, or training. ANZ chief economist Sharon Zolner spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • Monday · 3 min

    Midday sports news

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

  • Monday · 15 min

    Sven Siefken on Germany's experience with MMP overhangs

    The overhang issue has dominated the final days of the 2026 election campaign. Germany, the home of MMP, encountered this problem of a Parliament ballooning out way past the intended number of MPs. Sven Siefken is a political scientist, political advisor and management consultant. His special research focus is on parliaments. He is Professor of Political Science at the German Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences. He spoke to Guyon Espiner about how Germany dealt with its overhan

  • Monday · 7 min

    Voice for Life concerned over unauthorised euthanasia with expired drugs

    An advocacy group opposed to euthanasia is highlighting a case where a doctor carried out an assisted death in 2024 without the legally required registrar review and using expired drugs prescribed for another patient. Voice For Life say it uncovered the breach through Official Information Act requests but are concerned about the state of safeguards in the assisted dying regime. Voice for Life President Lydia Posthuma spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • November 1 · 15 min

    Dr Xianbai Ji on China, AI and New Zealand politics

    A visiting Chinese professor says there is interest and excitement in China about a potential kingmaker role that Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong could play following the election this Saturday. Dr Xianbai Ji, an Associate Professor at the School of International Studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing spoke to Guyon Espiner. Dr Ji also discussed China's approach to AI and how it differs from America's.

  • November 1 · 6 min

    How exposed are New Zealand investments to an AI bubble?

    With concerns mounting about tech stocks faltering and fears that an AI bubble could burst and lead to turmoil in the global economy, how might New Zealand investments fare? Sam Stubbs is the Founder and Managing Director of Simplicity, where the growth fund has the top spot for returns over 10 years in the latest data. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • November 1 · 7 min

    Jo Moir discusses the battle for votes amongst the right bloc

    With just five days to go, the election race has turned into a fight for every last party and candidate vote with the coalition parties rolling out the heavy-hitters, including Sir John Key and Don Brash. RNZ political editor Jo Moir discussed the latest from the campaign with Guyon Espiner.

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