Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 10 February 2026

Taxpayers will foot the bill for a one billion dollar LNG terminal with the promise that power bills will decrease and energy security will increase, Guyon talks to John Carnegie - the Chief Executive of Energy Resources Aotearoa; we also hear from the Taxpayers Union - who are say the government's so called levy will hit households; and a new study shows people with severe obesity are three times more likely to hospitalised or die from infection. Wayne Cutfield is a Professor in Paediatric Endocrinology at the University of Auckland Liggins Institute.