Midday Report for Friday 15 September 2023

12:45 PM.Te wiki o te reo Māori - Māori language week is starting to wrap up for the year. 

Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori - making the language stronger has been the focus for the year. 

Someone who works to make it… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Excitement is building for the Warriors' must-win rugby league semi-final against the Newcastle Knights at Mount Smart tomorrow night.

It's the first time the Warriors have hosted an NRL finals game… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Farmers we've spoken to say it was a great debate at Mystery Creek that will help many decide their final vote for next month's election.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:26 PM.France, with 12 changes from the team that beat the All Blacks, showed a worrying lack of discipline and a certain nonchalance as they laboured to a 27-12 victory against an inspired Uruguay in their… Read more Audio

12:22 PM.The manufacturing sector has contracted for a sixth month in a row and is at its lowest point since the 2009 Global Financial Crisis, outside of the Covid-19-period.

Kim Moodie has the business news.

12:19 PM.The ACT Party has just announced its welfare policy, saying abandoning people to a life on welfare is a waste of human potential.

The party is promising to axe welfare benefits for people who refuse… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The National Party has announced it will introduce new visas to attract high-paid foreign tech experts, if elected.

It says it has plans to award up to five-hundred work visas a year to recent… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Labour is again having to fend off criticism about spending habits at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples.

The National Party has slammed the ministry for spending nearly $53,000 on four post-budget… Read more Audio