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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 22 · 6 min

    Doctors push for more action on kidney disease

    The Australia New Zealand Society for Nephrology has issued an election campaign wishlist to the political parties regarding the number of people in New Zealand with kidney disease. Dr Scott Crawford is a Nephrologist, and spokesman for the Society of Nephrology and spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • September 21 · 4 min

    Midday sports news

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

  • September 21 · 4 min

    Midday rural news

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

  • September 21 · 5 min

    The Green Party’s plan to restore city centre vibrancy

    The Green Party is pledging to restore city centre vibrancy, by letting councils run rental auctions for spaces that have been empty for longer than 12 months. The party is targeting what are known as "ratchet clauses", which prevent the rent going below what a tenant already pays when the rent comes up for review. Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • 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.

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