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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October 6 · 33 min
Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 7 October 2026
David Tamihere will not face a retrial over the 1989 murders of two Swedish backpackers. Our reporter Finn Blackwell was at court. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch had the latest from the campaign trail. And we continued our series on how our politicians view AI with NZ First spokesman David Wilson.
October 6 · 3 min
Midday Sports News for 7 October 2026
Midday Sports News for 7 October 2026.
October 6 · 21 min
NZ First spokesperson discusses its AI and tech policies
This year, Artificial intelligence is shaping up as a key election issue, and on Midday Report we've been hearing from political parties on how they use AI and how they think it should be regulated. New Zealand First tech spokesperson David Wilson spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 6 · 3 min
Latest news from Australia
The latest news from Australia with correspondent Amanda Copp in Canberra.
October 6 · 3 min
Midday Rural News for 7 October 2026
News from the rural farming sector.
October 6 · 6 min
Midday Business News for 7 October 2026
News from the business sector.
October 6 · 7 min
National targets small business, Labour takes aim at banks
National has announced a 47-point Small Business Plan it says will make it easier for SMEs to do business. And, Labour has rolled out the latest in its series of consumer based policies - this time it's banking. RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 6 · 3 min
Latest from scene of fire near Queenstown
A huge vegetation fire on the southern shores of Lake Wakatipu has grown overnight, and is likely to increase further due to weather conditions. RNZ reporter Katie Todd is at the scene and spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 6 · 3 min
No retrial for David Tamihere over Swedish backpacker murders
David Tamihere appeared in the Auckland High Court this morning, where Crown prosecutors said they would not retry him for the murders of Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 6 · 22 min
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 6 October
Simeon Brown on shifting aid funding to health treatment; Craig McCulloch discusses RNZ's latest political poll; World Vision responds to Nationals' foreign aid announcement.
October 5 · 2 min
Midday sports news for 6 October 2026
An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.
October 5 · 7 min
World Vision responds to National's plan to cut foreign aid
The National Party wants to redirect foreign aid money into funding for new medicines, if it leads the next government. World Vision is a charity organisation that works in the Pacific, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Its Head of Advocacy and Justice, Rebekah Armstrong spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 5 · 4 min
Latest news from the United States
The latest news from the United States with Nine News reporter Lauren Tomasi in Washington DC.
October 5 · 3 min
Midday rural news for 6 October 2026
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.
October 5 · 6 min
Midday business news for 6 October 2026
The latest news from RNZ's business team.
October 5 · 5 min
Craig McCulloch discusses RNZ’s latest political poll
RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Guyon Espiner about RNZ's latest political poll.
October 5 · 8 min
Simeon Brown on shifting aid funding to health treatment
Simeon Brown discusses National's new policy to cut international aid spending, and divert that money to health treatment. He spoke to Guyon Espiner.
October 4 · 22 min
Midday Report Essentials for 5 October 2026
National campaigning on building new roads Labour on the cost of filling up the car and repairing it. Arena Williams tells us about Labour's plan for a right to repair law requiring car makers to give local mechanics the manuals software and tools to fix modern cars at cheaper prices. And it's cyber security awareness week ... The Cyber Security agency are asking us to be vigilant:But how prepared are they? We ask the country's top cyber security official if it would even know if AI bots hacked
October 4 · 4 min
Midday sports news for 5 October 2026
An update on the latest news and results from RNZ's sports team.
October 4 · 1 min
Midday rural news for 5 October 2026
An update on the latest news from RNZ's rural team.

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