Midday Report

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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 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 · 3 min
Latest news from the United States
The latest news from the United States with Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.
September 17 · 6 min
Midday business news for 17 September
The latest news from RNZ's business team.
September 17 · 3 min
Midday rural news 17 September
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
September 17 · 7 min
Food supplier responds to National’s supermarket policy
Daniel Shields, owner of Barry's Bay cheese, Naked Kitchen and Cool and Fresh chilled distribution 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 · 23 min
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 16 September
Arena Williams discusses Labour's new price gouging policy; National announces plan to split Pak'nSave from New World; Retail NZ responds to new wage freeze policy from ACT.
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.
September 16 · 5 min
Midday business news
The latest news from RNZ's business team.
September 16 · 8 min
Labour is promising to make price gouging illegal
Labour is promising to make price gouging illegal, if elected in November.
September 16 · 8 min
National plans to break up the supermarket duopoly
Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says together with Woolworths, this would mean New Zealand would have three major nationwide grocery chains which would drive down grocery prices.
September 15 · 21 min
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 15 September 2026
On today's episode the world is on edge over the risk posed by AI... I spoke to Senior Lecturer in artificial intelligence - Dr Andrew Lensen. AI expert Mark Lawrence has written a costed AI policy and today he's sent it to political parties to adopt. RNZ In Depth reporter Farah Hancock told Guyon Espiner about the high rollers in the political donations game.
September 15 · 3 min
Midday sports news for 15 September 2026
An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.
September 15 · 7 min
AI Educator drafts AI policy for New Zealand
Mark Lawrence is an AI educator and consultant. He's drafted an AI policy for New Zealand, which he says will cost about $300 million over three years.
September 15 · 4 min
Latest news from the United States
The latest news from the United States with Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.
September 15 · 3 min
Midday Rural News for 15 September 2026
News from the rural farming sector.
September 15 · 5 min
Midday Business News for 15 September 2026
News from the business sector.
September 15 · 4 min
Why give over $1m to political parties? Two big donors explain
There's now just over 50 days until election day and large donations of $20,000 or more to political parties have almost surpassed the total from 2023. RNZ's Farah Hancock has been asking these big donors for interviews to find out why they do it.

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