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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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  • October 14 · 8 min

    Marama Davidson discusses Green’s meeting with gang members

    How should politicians engage with gangs? The question arises after MPs from the Greens and Te Pati Maori posed for photos with Mongrel Mob members, and then posted the pics online. Labour leader Chris Hipkins said it showed poor judgment and then ruled out the Greens or Te Pati Maori holding key law-and-order portfolios in any Labour-led government. Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson spoke to Guyon Espiner.

  • October 13 · 21 min

    Midday Report Essentials for 14 October 2026

    Today: Tax cuts for landlords or rent relief for renters. David Seymour says a $300 million promise to give tax breaks to property investors will help keep rents down. Guyon Espiner asked him if it's borrowing for tax cuts. New Zealand is one of just one five countries not to sign up to a pandemic preparedness plan at the UN. Guyon Espinder spoke to international law expert professor Al Gillespie on the changing face New Zealand is presenting to the world. And New Zealand has slipped out of the

  • October 13 · 7 min

    Gavin Ellis on NZ's big drop in world press freedom index

    New Zealand has slipped out of the top 20 in the world press freedom rankings for the first time. In the 2026 Reporters Without Borders index we've fallen six places to 22nd out of 180 countries. Media expert Gavin Ellis talks to Guyon Espiner

  • October 13 · 5 min

    Law expert on NZ abstaining on UN pandemic plan

    New Zealand was one of only five countries not to vote for a global pandemic preparedness at the United Nations. International law expert Al Gillespie talks to Guyon Espiner.

  • October 13 · 26 min

    Midday Report Essentials for 1Tuesday 13 October

    A damning King's Counsel report into the Teaching Council's handling of sex-offender Timothy Fisher's case has been released. National has promised to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit - but former National Minister isn't a fan of the plan. Veteran journalist Peter Bergen interviewed Osama Bin Laden before 9/11 - his new book examines how Bush, Obama, Biden and Trump reacted to the biggest terror attack in US history.

  • October 12 · 13 min

    CNN security analyst Peter Bergen on his new book, All The Presidents' Wars

    Twenty-five years ago, the September 11 attacks became the deadliest assault on American soil since Pearl Harbour. The wars that followed cost trillions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of lives. Twenty years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban took back the country, and America's standing has taken a heavy hit. Peter Bergen, CNN's national security analyst, has reported from the Middle East since the 1990s, and is one of the few journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden. Hi

  • October 11 · 44 min

    Midday Report Essentials for Monday 12 October 2026

    National releases its fiscal plan ... Labour has a policy to cut school uniform costs, political editor Jo Moir has all the action from the campaign trail. More from our series on AI policy: Chloe Swarbrick today on the Green plan, which includes the ability to opt out of the algorithm making decisions that impact you. Jacinda Ardern's media man Andrew Campbell was In The Room as she weathered the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune from Jacinda-mania to vax rage.

  • October 11 · 18 min

    In the Room: Jacinda Ardern's media man on Covid, mosque attacks and the Whakaari eruption

    Who came up with the phrase 'the team of five million' to encourage New Zealand to stick with its Covid response? Or arranged the media strategy that saw Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern do the 1pm briefings during the lockdowns? His name is Andrew Campbell and he has just released his book about his time with the former Prime Minister called In The Room. He was Ardern's media man for most of her time on the 9th Floor, dealing with some of the biggest events in recent New Zealand political history.

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