Midday Report for Thursday 19 October 2023

12:46 PM.Anyone in New Zealand creating a new account and wanting to post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, is going to have to pay a fee from now on.

The platform announced it's trialling it's "Not a… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.Post-election, New Zealand's Parliament is once again mostly men.

In the previous term the numbers had been equal, now it's 68 men to 53 women.

The National Party's 50 person caucus has 34 men, to… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A dry early spring is creating uncertainty as to whether the largest dam to be built - since the Clyde Dam three decades ago - will be filled as hoped, by December.

Monique Steel has the rural news.

12:28 PM.Avoiding the dreaded playoff for bronze is motivating the All Blacks ahead of their World Cup semifinal against Argentina in Paris on Saturday morning.

Stephen Hewson has sports. Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Retail spending is subdued but still with a flicker of growth, according numbers released by ANZ Bank.

Anan Zaki has the business news. Read more Audio

12:17 PM.Auckland Museum says it gave Vector the chance to join it in lighting up in solidarity with Israel over the weekend.

The museum projected blue and white lights onto the side of the building on Sunday… Read more Audio

12:12 PM.Aid agencies are preparing to go into Gaza as the humanitarian crisis there intensifies.

After talks on Thursday with US President Joe Biden, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to… Read more Audio