Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 8th July 2025

In today's episode, the second day of hearings for the contentious Regulatory Standards Bill is under way at Parliament, a leading vascular surgeon is angry and frustrated that patients like Amelia Turner are told their symptoms are eating disorders before a correct diagnosis is made, phone reception in the Lindis Pass area will be a little bit worse now - after a cell tower was badly damaged, and dozens of people have gathered in Wellington as multi-billion dollar global ride-share company Uber take the fight over driver's employment status to the Supreme Court.