Midday Report for Monday 7 July 2025

1:45 PM.In today's episode, around 130,000 families were expected to take advantage of FamilyBoost, which reimburses a portion of early childcare fees, but only around 60,000 have benefitted, and only 250… Read more Audio

12:45 PM."Project Vend" went awry when Anthropic let its artificial intelligence (AI) model, Claude, run a vending machine in its office. Victoria University senior lecturer in AI, Andrew Lensen, spoke to… Read more Audio

12:40 PM.Public hearings have begun in Auckland for the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Reporter Amy Williams spoke to Tuwhenuaroa… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Midday Rural News for 7 July 2025 Audio

12:25 PM.Midday Sport for 7 July 2025 Audio

12:20 PM.Business News for 7 July 2025 Audio

12:15 PM.An academic says the rise of populism around the world has taken a different flavour in New Zealand. Victoria University associate professor in politics Lara Greaves spoke to Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira. Audio

12:10 PM.Around 130,000 families were expected to take advantage of FamilyBoost, which reimburses a portion of early childcare fees, but only around 60,000 have benefitted, and only 250 received the full $75 a… Read more Audio