Midday Report for Monday 25 September 2023

12:45 PM.Labour's deputy leader, Carmel Sepuloni, has backed her party's plan to implement an amnesty for overstayers of more than ten years.

It follows anger over why it was not done earlier, with community… Read more Audio

12:41 PM.Families of Pike River victims are calling for new corporate manslaughter legislation after some of the charges against the owners of Whakaari/White Island were dismissed.

The owners of Whakaari… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Rainfall watches are in place through to this evening and totals over the past 24 hours are ranging from 70 to 150 millimetres in Bay of Plenty and 300 millimetres north of Gisborne.

Susan Murray has… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Wales have romped into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a record 40-6 win over Australia in Lyon.

Felicity Reid has sports. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Falling international demand for infant formula, high inflation and extreme weather have caused the specialty dairy company Synlait Milk fall into the red.

Gyles Beckford has the business news. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Heavy rainfall is continuing to hammer the Bay of Plenty region Monday morning. 

MetService says Ōpōtiki had 59 millimetres of rain since midnight, with the rest of the region seeing between 30 and… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.National leader Christopher Luxon has confirmed he will work with New Zealand First after the election, if necessary.

In a social media video released Monday morning, Luxon expressed his strong… Read more Audio