Midday Report Essentials for Friday 24 May 2024

On today's episode, dozens of vessels have been searching for a man believed to have gone overboard from a commuter ferry in Wellington Harbour Friday morning, a Wellington man en route back from New Caledonia is relieved to be leaving the riot-torn territory, a Dunedin City Councillor says security guards at the bus hub where a 16-year-old was stabbed need to be trained as youth workers, and plumes of smoke are visible at Whakaari - White Island after a small eruption on the island.