Midday Report for Thursday 5 September 2024

1:00 PM.On today's episode, Kiingi Tuheitia's youngest child and only daughter has been named as the eighth Maori monarch in a ceremony at Tuurangawaewae marae. Tekau-maa-rua, the Kiingitanga advisory… Read more Audio

12:54 PM.King Tuheitia's youngest child and only daughter has been named as the eighth Maori monarch in a ceremony at Tuurangawaewae marae. RNZ Maori News reporter Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira and RNZ Maori News… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.News from the rural farming sector. Audio

12:35 PM.Mourners are making their way to Taupiri Maunga, Kiingi Tuheitia's final resting place. Maori news reporter Layla Bailey-McDowell spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio

12:27 PM.Britain's Jack Draper has powered into the U.S. Tennis Open semi-finals with a straight-sets drubbing of a hobbled Australaian Alex de Minaur, while Czech Karolina Muchova battled a "bug" but still… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Midday Business News for 5 September 2024 Audio

12:09 PM.Thousands are waiting along the Waikato river banks waiting for Kingii Tuheitia's to arrive at the barge where he will be put on a waka and taken downstream towards his final resting place. RNZ Maori… Read more Audio