Midday Report for Tuesday 2 September 2025

1:45 PM.In today's episode, the global tech giant Amazon says it is finally launching its much-hyped Auckland data centres, four years after first announcing the plan; The New Zealand First leader, Winston… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.Thousands of mourners have arrived at Turangawaewae Marae for the beginning of Koroneihana, the celebration the coronation of the Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po. Reporter… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.More than 30,000 midwives, nurses and healthcare assistants have walked off the job on Tuesday, in what is the first of two full-day strikes happening right around Aotearoa this week. Reporter Bill… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Midday Rural News for 2 September 2025 Audio

12:32 PM.Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka is happy with her fighting qualities that has got her into the US Open quarter-finals with a straight sets victory third seed Coco Gauff. Audio

12:22 PM.Midday Business News for 2 September 2025 Audio

12:16 PM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has conceded the country's foreign buyers ban was making the country unattractive to foreign investors. Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub spoke… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The global tech giant Amazon says it is finally launching its much-hyped Auckland data centres, four years after first announcing the plan. Amazon Web Services country manager Manuel Bohnet spoke to… Read more Audio